Grassley wants details on firm tied to controversial Trump dossier

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Interesting development.  I guess it is true what I heard that something like 95% of the DOJ bureaucrats voted for Hillary Clinton.

 

Sen. Chuck GrassleyChuck (R-Iowa) is demanding details on the funding of a controversial opposition research dossier on President Trump from the 2016 campaign. 

The chairman of the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Fusion GPS — a firm that reportedly hired former British spy Christopher Steele to investigate the then-GOP candidate — asking for details on Steele, who hired the firm and if it shared the document with the FBI. 

 

"When political opposition research becomes the basis for law enforcement or intelligence efforts, it raises substantial questions about the independence of law enforcement and intelligence from politics," Grassley wrote. 

 

He added that the Judiciary Committee "requires additional information to evaluate this situation."

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/325917-grassley-wants-details-on-firm-tied-to-controversial-trump-dossier

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The OPPO research was started by. A Republican opponent in the primary.

 

The research was picked up by the Clinton campaign but that funding was stopped after the election. 

 

Steele and his partner were very close and continued the investigation on their own resources.  Steele went into hiding when some copies ( not sure if they are bona fide copies) were published by Buzzfeed.

Steel is well respected in the law enforcement and intelligence communities. His firm handled the fifa scandle.

Edited March 29, 2017 by ccneat