In a series of tweets, Catherine Herridge, now a CBS News Senior Investigative Correspondent, pointed to several pages in the Horowitz report that might be overlooked and deserve a lot of attention. The information isn’t new so much as now proven. The biggest takeaway is how involved President Obama was in the spreading of the Steele-dossier information.
Andrew McCabe gave three reasons for including the Steele dossier in the 2017 ICA — the Russia intel assessment — and number 1 was “President Obama had requested” to include “everything you have relevant to this topic of Russia interference.”
Whether he had the relevant information about the dossier is unclear but he was behind the elevation of “everything.”
In a text message with his lover Lisa Page, fired agent Peter Strzok wrote that intel agencies in January 2017 were leaking like mad. Would all these people leak without Obama knowing and giving his okay?
McCabe, who knew Obama’s wishes, wanted the dossier in the main body of the ICA but it became an item in the appendix.
The former deputy attorney general, Andrew McCabe, “understood President Obama’s request for the ICA to require the participating agencies to share all information relevant to Russia and 2016 elections.”
So, then-President Obama told McCabe or he got it from then-director Comey to put everything in the ICA, including the dossier obviously, and he told him to share all the information with participating agencies — which was a lot of agencies.
According to the FISA report, Russia had dirt on Hillary. Agent Strzok believed it was shared with the intel service of a friendly foreign government, according to Horowitz.
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Could that government be the U.K.?
The FBI knew the dossier was a fake from the beginning.
CATHERINE HERRIDGE’S TWEETS
IG Horowitz: McCabe gave three reasons Steele dossier should be included 2017 Russia intel assessment, “President Obama had requested ‘everything…relevant,” FBI “confidence” Steele, “widely circulated…government and media circles” Pg 179 McCabe does not prevail #Durham #FISA pic.twitter.com/3I5hm3jbDK
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 21, 2019
FBI leadership pushed Steele Dossier for January 2017 intel assessment. Witness told IG Horowitz “McCabe understood President Obama’s request for the ICA to require the participating agencies to share all information relevant to Russia and 2016 elections.” pg. 177 #Durham pic.twitter.com/1G2IsPHFpv
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 21, 2019
According to Comey email 1/7/2017 Steele reporting “indicated Russia had files of derogatory information on both Clinton and the President-elect.” Comey pressed by Trump team member for clarity p180 #MyHighlighter The more you read, the more you find #Durham #FISA pic.twitter.com/fS0CxZxHAq
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 21, 2019
#IGHorowitz Agent Strzok “believed that the FBI may have furnished the Steele election reports to the intelligence service of a friendly foreign government” but no “specific recollection” Pg 177 #DurhamReport #footnotesmatter pic.twitter.com/R334QRWfhG
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 21, 2019
#IGHorowitz “We asked Comey whether he recalled having any conversations with then CIA Director John Brennan” or others about how the Steele reporting “should be presented to the President.” Comey: “maybe more than one” about how Steele “integrated” into ICA p179 #Durham #emails pic.twitter.com/OKx8bNqIcj
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 22, 2019
AT THE SAME TIME
At the same time, the late senator John McCain and his associate David Kramer were scrambling to share the unverifiable dossier with the FBI and reporters in December 2016. McCain had denied that he was the source for the BuzzFeed article.
In March, Catherine Herridge reported that an unsealed declaration revealed the truth about McCain, according to FBI agent Bill Priestap, although there is other evidence. It was long suspected that McCain was the source despite his lies.
David Kramer swore in December 2017 that he received the dossier from Steele and then disseminated it to multiple journalists. The report was also shared with State Department official Victoria Nuland and Obama National Security Council official Celeste Wallander and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, no ally of Trump’s.
The documents were unsealed as a result of a libel case against BuzzFeed.
The President wasn’t sworn in until January 2017. It looks like a frame-up from start to finish and it appears to have started and ended with Barack Obama.
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