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FBI used Russian disinformation to launch investigation into Trump, audit finds By Stephen Dinan and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Friday, April 10, 2020The Steele Dossier — key evidence the FBI used to justify spying on a Trump campaign figure in 2016 — was based in part on Russian disinformation, two top senators revealed Friday, citing newly declassified footnotes from an inspector general’s report.Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Ron Johnson, both committee chairs and top investigators, said given the Steele Dossier was funded by the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign, that means they were actively responsible for spreading Russian disinformation, which plunged the country into political turmoil for much of the last three years.While the work of former British spy Christopher Steele had long been suspected of being tainted by Russian disinformation, the new revelation is the first official confirmation, and it comes from the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s authoritative report on the FBI’s bunglings.Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/fbi-used-russian-disinformation-launch-investigati/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push
