Steele Dossier Says Information Went Both Ways Between Trump and Russia
The information flow wasn't only to the president's campaign.
By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos June 29, 2018, 6:01 AM GMT
The Associated Press has compiled a list of the information provided in the list of memos authored by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, and compared it with what has been revealed through court filings and public statements. And while the AP finds what they believe to be snippets of fiction in the pages, they also find that a great deal of what Steele produced is proving to have a basis in fact.
What has turned out to be true is the primary narrative thread that runs through all the memos The Russian government set up an elaborate operation to damage Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election through social media, propaganda, and by stealing Democratic information and providing it to Trump. And the Russian government sought to aid Donald Trump, whose campaign responded eagerly to Russian offers of help.
The Kremlin set out to harm Clinton and help Trump. Trump jumped on the opportunity. That makes Trump a colluder, conspirator, and any other c-word that comes to mind.
Steeles memos were also accurate in many details, such as laying out Carter Pages meeting with Russian officials at a time when it wasnt otherwise known, possibly even to the FBI who had been watching Page for years. But theres another key area of the memos that often gets obscured by the focus on some of the more sensational
yellow elements.
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