Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassely have sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting a criminal investigation into the author of the Trump Dossier, Christopher Steele for lying to federal authorities. The Hill. Graham again called for a special prosecutor to investigate Steele and the use of his Dossier by the Department of Justice. Specifically Graham and Grassely are calling on an investigation into Steele's contact with news media. The specifics of the case remain classified.
My Comment:
Very important story. Steele's dossier was likely used as the justification for spying on Donald Trump and his family. Steele's dossier was largely debunked or at least non-proven but despite that it was used to justify spying on a presidential campaign. That is a huge deal and is not something that should be tolerated in the United States.
Steele was also a foreign agent as well. He is British and he was using Russian sources for his dossier. The fact that the government paid for Steele's dossier means that there was foreign collusion in the election and it was focused on attacking Donald Trump and not helping him win.
All that being said, it seems as though this investigation is focused on Steele's or his employer, Fusion GPS's, contact with the news media. Without seeing the classified memo detailing the accusations, it's unclear exactly what those contacts consisted of or why they were illegal.
My guess is that Steele or his associates leaked sensitive material to the news media, in an effort to discredit Donald Trump. Trying to discredit Donald Trump isn't a crime but leaking classified or sensitive information to do so is. Given how many leaks happened during the election and during Trump's first term, I wouldn't be surprised if this was what happened. The entire thing seems like a giant conspiracy between the federal government, the Democratic Party and the media and it will be very good to bring this all to light.
I also have to say that I am somewhat surprised that it was Lindsey Graham that was the one that came up with this. I have always seen Graham as an enemy of Donald Trump and not someone that would help him out. He has gotten along better with him lately but this seems like a big favor for him.
This news continues a very bad week for Trump's enemies. In addition to this, Hillary Clinton has two active investigations against her, James Comey is in serious trouble and the new anti-Trump book is admitted by it's own author to be at least partially false. With Steele probably on his way to jail it casts doubt on the entire Russia narrative.
No comments:
Post a Comment