Chuck Ross
Investigative Reporter
June 25, 2020 7:44 PM ET
The FBI declined a public records request for information regarding Christopher Steele’s primary dossier source, saying that the materials are classified and could jeopardize national security.
Steele’s source provided the FBI with information that “raised significant questions about the reliability†of Steele’s dossier, according to a Justice Department report released last year.
In a rejection letter to The Daily Caller News Foundation, the FBI said that releasing information risks identifying a confidential FBI source.
The FBI is refusing to release documents related to the primary source for dossier author Christopher Steele, saying in response to a public records request that the information is classified and risks identifying a confidential FBI source.
The source, whose identity remains a mystery, holds key information that could shed light on apparent inaccuracies in Steele’s dossier, which the FBI cited extensively in applications for surveillance orders against Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
The decision, which the FBI made in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Daily Caller News Foundation, comes as Republican lawmakers have increasingly accused the FBI and its director, Christopher Wray, of withholding documents relevant to the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
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