FBI's wiretap of Trump campaign triggered by anonymous call
Even after hearing the primary source contradictions, the bureau never amended its warrants
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Sunday, December 15, 2019
The Justice Department’s report on the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe is the first official account of sources relied on by Christopher Steele to write a dossier that damaged President Trump, energized the FBI and ultimately proved to be untrue.
The Justice Department inspector general’s report shows that an anonymous phone call with a Steele source provided the unverified conspiracy theory to trigger a Trump campaign wiretap.
Mr. Steele talked to the FBI but refused to reveal his murky network. But the FBI was able to locate his “primary sub-source.†After interviewing the Moscow-based person three times in 2017, the results “raised significant questions about the reliability of the Steele election reporting,†the IG report said
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