benzedealer2/others, No more of the dossier started it lie.
May 3, 2019 - "And of course, we all know now that the main reason for the FISA warrants was the fake "Steele Dossier"
Dossier Not What ‘Started All of This’
By Lori Robertson Posted on March 27, 2019
In an interview about the special counsel’s report, Rep. John Ratcliffe said that what “started all of this” was “a fake, phony dossier.” But a House Republican intelligence committee memo said it was information about a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser that sparked the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Russian interference in the election.
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The two sides disagree about how essential the dossier was to the FISA court application to monitor Page. But one of the few points of agreement .. https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/trumps-spin-democratic-memo/ .. is that the FBI investigation began with information on Papadopoulos.
Thing is, rooster, the Australian government news was the news that alerted intelligence agencies, and that plus info from other countries, and the Steele dossier, would be plenty to open an investigation. I'm not a hundred percent sure exactly what the intelligence agencies had at the point the investigation was opened. And unless that article of yours has more, which i doubt (haven't read it yet) you sure as hell don't know for sure either. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=142976693
Sept. 7, 2018 - Not for the first (guessing), or last, time ForReal used it
...The investigation started with the drinking session of Papadopoulos and Australian diplomat Alexander Downer. Surely, you must have known that before now. The investigation did not start then. Surely you know that. First, Steele and Nelly presented the Clinton dossier to the FBI on July 30th. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=146704635 .
In reply i informed Tearex (she or he, i don't know)
Tearex, The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated) [...] July 2016: The FBI opens a counterintelligence investigation into links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee later confirmed that information from Papadopoulos triggered the investigation. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/replies.aspx?msg=146704635
There are no doubt more here of that conservative talking point lie. We don't want to hear it on this board again.