FBI intel analyst tells Durham agency offered Steele $1M to corroborate dossier
Revelation emerged Tuesday in federal trial of Russian information analyst Igor Danchenko, who is charged with lying to the FBI.
(Just the News - October 11, 2022)
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An FBI analyst on Tuesday in federal court told Special Counsel John Durham the agency offered former British spy Christopher Steele "up to $1 million" to corroborate evidence in his now-discredited dossier that was central to a federal investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.
The revelation appears to show the FBI, according to the testimony from intelligence analyst Brian Auten, had insufficient solid evidence for the FISA warrant for Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in its investigation and used uncorroborated information to move forward with the probe.
Auten said that Steele never got the money because he wasn't able to prove the allegations.
Auten is the first of four witnesses being called in the trial, which is expected to last one week.
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