In 2017, the bogus [[Carter Page]] [[FISA abuse|FISA application]]. with the Steele allegations (Steele was a paid opposition researcher, a fact not widely known in March 2017) was [[leak]]ed to the media by the Senate Intelligence Committee giving [[mainstream media]] impetus to the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory. | In 2017, the bogus [[Carter Page]] [[FISA abuse|FISA application]]. with the Steele allegations (Steele was a paid opposition researcher, a fact not widely known in March 2017) was [[leak]]ed to the media by the Senate Intelligence Committee giving [[mainstream media]] impetus to the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory. |