FBI, State officials aware early on Steele made major mistake in Russia reporting
Shortly before the FBI used his dossier to secure a surveillance warrant targeting the Trump campaign, Christopher Steele met with State Department officials and relayed information suggesting Moscow was running an operation out of the Russian consulate in Miami. There was just one problem with his intelligence: The Russians didn't have a consulate in Florida's largest city.
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