Forget the dossier, it is not the basis, not the f
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Posted On: 12/17/2018 12:05:50 AM
Re: wowhappens28 #55057
Forget the dossier, it is not the basis, not the focus, of Mueller's investigation despite Trumpanzee conspiracy theory claims to the contrary.
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Contrary to assertions by Trump and his supporters that the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections was triggered by the dossier,[21] the Nunes memo confirmed the investigation began with a tip from Australian diplomat Alexander Downer regarding a conversation he had with Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos in a London bar in May 2016.[187][233]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Russia_dossier
The FBI opened its investigation in late July 2016, and The Washington Post noted that this timing is "significant, given the FBI did not seek authorization to conduct surveillance on Page until three months later, on Oct. 21, 2016."
The Democrats asserted that the Nunes memo "shows the Russia investigation would be underway with or without the surveillance of Page, and—more critically—even if the government had never seen the dossier of information about Trump that was compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British spy."[234]
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