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Christopher Steele Admits (in court) He Was Hired to Cast Doubt on the 2016 Election Results

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Friday, December 21, 2018 3:53 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


This is from a trial occurring in London (the heart of darkness)

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Mission Accomplished: Christopher Steele Admits He Was Hired to Cast Doubt on the 2016 Election Results

Christopher Steele, a former spy from Britain and the author of the Trump-Russia dossier, admitted in court that Democratic law firm Perkins Coie hired him in preparation for Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016. His goal was to help Hillary Clinton challenge the results of the presidential election.

According to The Washington Times, three Russian bankers – Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan – in London filed a defamation lawsuit against Fusion GPS which handled Steele.

"Fusion’s immediate client was law firm Perkins Coie. It engaged Fusion to obtain information necessary for Perkins Coie LLP to provide legal advice on the potential impact of Russian involvement on the legal validity of the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election," Steele said in a sealed Aug. 2 declaration.“Based on that advice, parties such as the Democratic National Committee and HFACC Inc. (also known as ‘Hillary for America’) could consider steps they would be legally entitled to take to challenge the validity of the outcome of that election.”

The three men filed the lawsuit because Steele claimed their bank, Alfa Bank in Moscow, paid cash bribes to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Those claims were made in his 17-page dossier.

A D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed the lawsuit but lawyers filed an appeal with the U.S. District Court. This time, they cited Steele's latest comments in London.

“Internet traffic data suggested that a computer server of an entity in which the Claimants have an interest, Alfa Bank, had been communicating with a computer server linked to the Trump Organization,” Steele said.

This has already been discussed and dismissed. No communication occurred.

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Steele previously said that his job was to find links between Trump associates and Moscow.

From The Times:

When it began appearing on social media in 2016, some online sleuths looked at the server’s IP address and other data. They traced the server to a location outside Philadelphia that spewed marketing spam.

A Trump Organization official told The Washington Times last year that some of the spam went to Alfa Bank employees who perhaps stayed in Trump hotels. That’s how Alfa turned up in some emails.

The New York Times investigated and said the FBI basically came to the same conclusion.

Mr. Steele didn’t mention the server theory in the dossier itself.

Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn R. Simpson did try to sell the idea to the Justice Department, despite The New York Times’ finding. He met with then-Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr.

Whose wife worked for Fusion GPS at the same time that she worked for the US Justice Department.

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Trying to prompt an investigation, Mr. Simpson told him the Times story was wrong and the server was used for direct communication, according to Mr. Ohr’s notes turned over to Congress.

In his court filing, Mr. Steele sought to show cronyism between Trump and the bank by noting that Alfa hired then-private attorney Brian Benczkowski to investigate the server allegation.

Mr. Benczkowski is now assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, having won Senate confirmation in a near-party line vote.


The three Russian bankers also filed a libel lawsuit against Fusion GPS, who says the men are "Putin cronies."

Steele faces another libel lawsuit in London, filed by Russian entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev, owner of XBT Holdings. He provides computer services to thousands of clients. In the dossier, Steele claimed Gubarev hacked the Democrats' computers under orders from the Russian intelligence community. Gubarev said the claims are false. He's also suing BuzzFeed, who posted the dossier in its entirety last year.

The U.S. intelligence community determined that Russians meddled in the elections by hacking Democrats' computers. No Trump associates have been charged with collusion.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/12/17/mission-accomplis
hed-christopher-steele-admits-he-was-hired-to-cast-doubt-on-the-n2537657

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Saturday, December 22, 2018 5:40 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
This is from a trial occurring in London (the heart of darkness)

Quote:

Mission Accomplished: Christopher Steele Admits He Was Hired to Cast Doubt on the 2016 Election Results

Christopher Steele, a former spy from Britain and the author of the Trump-Russia dossier, admitted in court that Democratic law firm Perkins Coie hired him in preparation for Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016. His goal was to help Hillary Clinton challenge the results of the presidential election.

According to The Washington Times, three Russian bankers – Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan – in London filed a defamation lawsuit against Fusion GPS which handled Steele.

"Fusion’s immediate client was law firm Perkins Coie. It engaged Fusion to obtain information necessary for Perkins Coie LLP to provide legal advice on the potential impact of Russian involvement on the legal validity of the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election," Steele said in a sealed Aug. 2 declaration.“Based on that advice, parties such as the Democratic National Committee and HFACC Inc. (also known as ‘Hillary for America’) could consider steps they would be legally entitled to take to challenge the validity of the outcome of that election.”

The three men filed the lawsuit because Steele claimed their bank, Alfa Bank in Moscow, paid cash bribes to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Those claims were made in his 17-page dossier.

A D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed the lawsuit but lawyers filed an appeal with the U.S. District Court. This time, they cited Steele's latest comments in London.

“Internet traffic data suggested that a computer server of an entity in which the Claimants have an interest, Alfa Bank, had been communicating with a computer server linked to the Trump Organization,” Steele said.

This has already been discussed and dismissed. No communication occurred.

Quote:

Steele previously said that his job was to find links between Trump associates and Moscow.

From The Times:

When it began appearing on social media in 2016, some online sleuths looked at the server’s IP address and other data. They traced the server to a location outside Philadelphia that spewed marketing spam.

A Trump Organization official told The Washington Times last year that some of the spam went to Alfa Bank employees who perhaps stayed in Trump hotels. That’s how Alfa turned up in some emails.

The New York Times investigated and said the FBI basically came to the same conclusion.

Mr. Steele didn’t mention the server theory in the dossier itself.

Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn R. Simpson did try to sell the idea to the Justice Department, despite The New York Times’ finding. He met with then-Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr.

Whose wife worked for Fusion GPS at the same time that she worked for the US Justice Department.

Quote:

Trying to prompt an investigation, Mr. Simpson told him the Times story was wrong and the server was used for direct communication, according to Mr. Ohr’s notes turned over to Congress.

In his court filing, Mr. Steele sought to show cronyism between Trump and the bank by noting that Alfa hired then-private attorney Brian Benczkowski to investigate the server allegation.

Mr. Benczkowski is now assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, having won Senate confirmation in a near-party line vote.


The three Russian bankers also filed a libel lawsuit against Fusion GPS, who says the men are "Putin cronies."

Steele faces another libel lawsuit in London, filed by Russian entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev, owner of XBT Holdings. He provides computer services to thousands of clients. In the dossier, Steele claimed Gubarev hacked the Democrats' computers under orders from the Russian intelligence community. Gubarev said the claims are false. He's also suing BuzzFeed, who posted the dossier in its entirety last year.

The U.S. intelligence community determined that Russians meddled in the elections by hacking Democrats' computers. No Trump associates have been charged with collusion.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/12/17/mission-accomplis
hed-christopher-steele-admits-he-was-hired-to-cast-doubt-on-the-n2537657

Post of the year candidate.
Posted about 12 hours ago. Why are all the resident Trolls so quiet all of a sudden?

I'm not sure I understand the details.
The Alfa Bank is physically located in Moscow, Russia?
The 3 Russian Bankers are physically located in Russia, or in London?
The 3 Russian Bankers filed suit in London, or in DC, or both?
Steele was Testifying in London Court for this case, or for a different case?
Steele was Testifying in London Court in August, or in December? Seems like 2 August, then sealed, and recently revealed.

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Monday, December 24, 2018 6:35 AM

SHINYGOODGUY


Quote:

Why are all the resident Trolls so quiet all of a sudden?


Hey Jewels, there's always you. See you got your troll, right there.

Glad I could help you there buddy.


SGG

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Monday, December 24, 2018 7:01 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Quote:

Why are all the resident Trolls so quiet all of a sudden?

Hey Jewels, there's always you. See you got your troll, right there.

Glad I could help you there buddy.

SGG

An additional 49 hours before one peeps up? Are their delusions falling apart?

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Monday, December 24, 2018 9:20 AM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly


How many claims in the Christopher Steele dossier have been proven to be false?

None.

How many are true?

15, which makes Trump slimy.

www.lawfareblog.com/steele-dossier-retrospective
www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/12/an-updated-look-at-the-steele-d
ossier
/

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Monday, December 24, 2018 10:36 AM

THG


OK, for those here who don't know how this works. Steel contacts his sources in Russia and wherever and writers down what they tell him. He then passes that information on to be proven or disproved. Used or discarded.

Not all of it will stand scrutiny but so far much has been proven true. Further, for the dummies here. If it's a load of shit it would have been shown to be so by now. Instead some of it showed up in a FISA warrant. If the FBI used it, it has have been sourced and accepted as accurate.

I notice you all say Clinton, Clinton, Clinton. Nothing about all that's been proven true.

T


Jonathan Winer, a former deputy secretary at the US State Department and the man who gave the department the Steele dossier, says the core of the dossier had information about Russian interference that Christopher Steele felt the US should have.


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Monday, December 24, 2018 10:47 AM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly


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Originally posted by THG:
OK, for those here who don't know how this works. Steel contacts his sources in Russia and wherever and writers down what they tell him. He then passes that information on to be proven or disproved.

Not all of it will stand scrutiny but so far much has been proven true. Further, for the dummies here. If it's a load of shit it would have been shown to be so by now.

I notice you all say Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, nothing about what's been proven true.

There is a nicely organized list of claims in the Steele Dossier:

1 (CIR 080, 20 Jun 2016; CIR 097, 30 Jul 2016). The Russian regime has been supporting and cultivating Trump for at least five years (eight years in CIR 097). Many sources trace Trump’s interest in Russia back as far as 1987.

The top level of the Soviet diplomatic service arranged his 1987 Moscow visit. With assistance from the KGB. It took place while Kryuchkov was seeking to improve the KGB’s operational techniques in one particular and sensitive area. The spy chief wanted KGB staff abroad to recruit more Americans. (Politico)

After the 2016 elections, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said “There were contacts. We are doing this and have been doing this during the election campaign.” (Reuters)

2 (CIR 080, 20 Jun 2016). Putin is directing the operation, wants to cause discord in West, return to 19th century Great Power politics. That Putin would like to return to Great Power politics is widely accepted. The DNI report of January 2017 says the operation was directed “at the highest levels” but does not name Putin.

3 (CIR 080, 20 Jun 2016). The Kremlin has offered, but Trump has declined, lucrative real estate deals. Trump has wanted to build a Trump Tower Moscow since at least 1987. Various approaches have been made from Trump’s side, and the dealing continued through the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump’s company may have offered the $50 million penthouse in a Trump Tower to Putin.

4 (CIR 080, 20 Jun 2016). Trump has accepted intelligence on electoral rivals, particularly Hillary Clinton. Full proof is lacking. The June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower and the activities of Roger Stone and his colleagues with Wikileaks are the most likely connections that have been made public.

More at www.balloon-juice.com/2018/12/17/reconsidering-the-steele-dossier/

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Monday, December 24, 2018 10:51 AM

CAPTAINCRUNCH

... stay crunchy...


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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Post of the year candidate.
Why are all the resident Trolls so quiet all of a sudden?



Jack? Kiki? Whozit? Have to ask them - maybe they don't believe it either? This is an old, tired & weak dodge for most of us.

Quote:

Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I'm not sure I understand the details.



You call it 'post of the year candidate' and then you say you don't understand the details... umm...

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Monday, December 24, 2018 11:09 AM

THG


Umm...indeed G. Too funny...

T



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Monday, December 24, 2018 11:41 AM

THG


I know reality is a disappointment to trolls but there it is.
T


Luke Harding, journalist and author of "Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win," explains why he believes the Trump-Russia dossier is not ‘fake news’.





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Monday, December 24, 2018 12:43 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Have any of you actually READ the so-called dossier?

I'm guessing not. The words are too big, there are too many pages, and there are NO PICTURES !!. So you're just regurgitating whatever headlines you can grab ... because.

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Monday, December 24, 2018 1:13 PM

REAVERFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by 1kiki:
Have any of you actually READ the so-called dossier?

I'm guessing not. The words are too big, there are too many pages, and there are NO PICTURES !!. So you're just regurgitating whatever headlines you can grab ... because.

Troll response 37-B. ^

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Monday, December 24, 2018 1:37 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by 1kiki:
Have any of you actually READ the so-called dossier?

I'm guessing not. The words are too big, there are too many pages, and there are NO PICTURES !!. So you're just regurgitating whatever headlines you can grab ... because.

After 2 1/2 days, the Troll Patrol finally emerges from the woodwork, to display their complete ignorance.
It took them that long to huddle, and find somebody who could tell them what to think.

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Saturday, December 29, 2018 2:41 PM

REAVERFAN


I'm not Russian, troll. You are projecting again.

You all know that in spite of Russian trolls and Trump troll hollering that the Mueller investigation was predicated on a "phony" dossier commissioned by the Democrats (actually, it was first funded by a conservative, see https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/us/politics/trump-dossier-paul-sing
er.html
), the truth is the investigation began well before the FBI got the Dossier. And, the FISA warrant against Carter Page, another thing against which the Russians and Trump trolls rage, was well documented and is fully supported by the current Director of the FBI, appointed by Trump himself. So, here are all the documents you need on this issue, including the original Dossier itself. Glenn Simpson's testimonies to the House and Senate Intelligence committees are riveting and well worth reading.

The Steele Dossier: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-All
egations.html


Glenn Simpson’s Testimony to the Feinstein Committee: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3/9/3974a291-ddbe
-4525-9ed1-22bab43c05ae/934A3562824CACA7BB4D915E97709D2F.simpson-transcript-redacted.pdf


Glenn Simpson’s Testimony to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20180118/106796/HMTG-115-IG00-
20180118-SD002.pdf


A Second Look at the Steele Dossier (An analysis written by a retired senior CIA officer): https://www.justsecurity.org/44697/steele-dossier-knowing/

The Carter Page FISA memo: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/01/31/fbi-says-it-has-grave-concerns-abo
ut-accuracy-of-house-fisa-memo.html


Why the Trump team is wrong about Carter Page, the Dossier, and the secret warrant: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna893666

More evidence, from multiple sources, that Cohen was in or near Prague meeting with Russians, lending more veracity to the Dossier: https://investigaterussia.org/media/2018-12-27/cohen-phone-pinged-near
-prague?utm_source=Committee+to+Investigate+Russia&utm_campaign=b785315470-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_28_02_38&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70adbf3447-b785315470-49097413


The Steele Dossier, a Retrospective, by the Lawfareblog, respected by all sides: https://www.lawfareblog.com/steele-dossier-retrospective

Trump's going down, troll. Accept it.

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Saturday, December 29, 2018 2:52 PM

THG


Only one way to explain all the denials supporting the russians and trump for the past two years; Trolls. And my god, it's always the same shit with them.

T



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Saturday, December 29, 2018 2:56 PM

REAVERFAN


They repeat the same talking points all over media.

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Saturday, December 29, 2018 3:25 PM

THG


Quote:

Originally posted by reaverfan:

They repeat the same talking points all over media.



All their clams have been repeated over and over again. If there was anything to it they would offer up new pertinent information. Have they, nope. As I've said, trolls.

tick tock

T



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Saturday, August 12, 2023 8:53 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


‘Russiagate’ participants say, they worked for Russia

https://www.weeklyblitz.net/featured/russiagate-participants-say-they-
worked-for-russia
/

Disgraced FBI official who probed Trump-Russia ties set to plead guilty to illegally working for Russian oligarch

https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/ex-fbi-official-slated-to-plead-guilty-i
n-corruption-case
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