It’s not just that Steele compiled that infamous “dossier” as opposition research for the Beltway smear merchants of Fusion GPS — with the bills paid by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party.
No: It’s that Steele didn’t even do much, and possibly most, of the actual research.
As Paul Sperry reported in these pages, Steele never went to Russia to talk directly to the various sources dishing dirt on then-candidate Donald Trump. He left that to others, including another Fusion employee, translator Edward Baumgartner. And Baumgartner was also working on a Putin-friendly Fusion job along with the Russian lawyer from the Trump Tower meeting.
Christopher Steele’s allegations are really just clickbait
No: It’s that Steele didn’t even do much, and possibly most, of the actual research.
As Paul Sperry reported in these pages, Steele never went to Russia to talk directly to the various sources dishing dirt on then-candidate Donald Trump. He left that to others, including another Fusion employee, translator Edward Baumgartner. And Baumgartner was also working on a Putin-friendly Fusion job along with the Russian lawyer from the Trump Tower meeting.
Christopher Steele’s allegations are really just clickbait