![]() Grassley wrote that whether those inconsistencies were honest mistakes or an attempt to downplay the FBI’s relationship with Steele, he still needs the answers and documents he requested. Not only has the FBI failed to provide the documents requested in the March letter or answer the vast majority of its questions, there appear to be “material inconsistencies” between the description of the FBI’s relationship with Steele that Comey gave in the briefing and information contained in Justice Department documents made available to the committee after the briefing. On April 19, the FBI claimed that the meeting addressed the concerns of both letters. Comey finally briefed Grassley and Feinstein in mid-March, addressing also a small number of the questions about Steele. There was a “startling lack of responsiveness” to the request, Grassley wrote. Dianne Feinstein asked for a briefing and documents related to the resignation of Trump National Security Advisor Mike Flynn and the leaks of classified info involving him. ![]() On February 15, Grassley and ranking member Sen. The FBI failed to respond, despite a March 20 deadline. Grassley asked for information on March 6 about the FBI’s relationship to Christopher Steele, author of a political opposition research dossier that alleged collusion between associates of Donald Trump and the Russian government. Grassley noted a pattern of FBI obstruction into the committee’s investigation of Russian interference, at least when that investigation touched on decisions made by the FBI. Graham referenced an April 28 letter from Grassley to Comey. It was a surprising question about information that has not been well reported in the media. Graham: Do you agree with me that if Fusion was involved in preparing a dossier against Donald Trump, that would be interfering in our election by the Russians? ![]() That’s all that matters here.Graham: Are they part of the Russian intelligence apparatus? It’s a strange argument, because it conveniently ignores the substance of the Steele dossier, which is that Russia had been cultivating Trump and his inner circle for a while. So why are Republicans so excited about these revelations? Never mind that a Republican was the initial funder: If the dossier was used by the FBI to gain FISA warrants to spy on Trump campaign officials, this line of reasoning goes, then those warrants should be reconsidered and possibly revoked, given their political origins. politics, the Uranium One story pales when compared to Russian interference in the 2016 election. ![]() It’s not Watergate, modern age or otherwise. ![]() uranium market that followed Russian-connected donations to the Clinton Foundation, was “Watergate, modern age.” “This was the Democrats coming up with an excuse for losing an election.” Trump also claimed that the Uranium One story, about a deal that gave Russia access to the U.S. “I have to say, the whole Russian thing is what it’s turned out to be,” Trump told reporters. President Trump is clearly gleeful about reporting in The Washington Postand The New York Timesthat found that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee funded the infamous “pee tape” dossier, after the GOP donor who initially financed the oppo backed out when it was clear that Trump would be the Republican nominee for president. ![]()
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