On January 10, 2016, ten days before Trump's inauguration, Obama [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] leaked the phony ''Steele dossier'' to [[CNN]] and BuzzFeed who then jointly made it available to the public. The dossier alleges Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. [[Barack Obama]] approved declassification and widespread dissemination of the dossiers false smears and allegations, and violation of the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. | On January 10, 2016, ten days before Trump's inauguration, Obama [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] leaked the phony ''Steele dossier'' to [[CNN]] and BuzzFeed who then jointly made it available to the public. The dossier alleges Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. [[Barack Obama]] approved declassification and widespread dissemination of the dossiers false smears and allegations, and violation of the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. |