January 10, 2016, [[James Clapper]] leaked the phony ''Steele dossier'' to [[CNN]] & BuzzFeed who jointly made it available to the public. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, who with the DNC paid for the dossier, secretly met with Simpson.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/john-tony-podesta-mueller-russia-investigation.html?mtrref=t.co</ref> The dossier alleges Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Steele personally was paid $168,000 to write the phony dossier. | January 10, 2016, [[James Clapper]] leaked the phony ''Steele dossier'' to [[CNN]] & BuzzFeed who jointly made it available to the public. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, who with the DNC paid for the dossier, secretly met with Simpson.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/john-tony-podesta-mueller-russia-investigation.html?mtrref=t.co</ref> The dossier alleges Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Steele personally was paid $168,000 to write the phony dossier. |