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Was anyone in the Justice Department, including senior leadership, aware that
Mr. Ohr continued to pass information from Steele and Fusion GPS to the FBI
even after Steele was suspended, and terminated, as a source? Who? Were those
people aware that Mr. Ohr's ·wife worked for Fusion? If so, how and when did
they become aware?
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Was anyone in the senior leadership of the FBI aware that Mr. Ohr continued to
pass information from Steele and Fusion GPS to the FBI after Steele was
terminated as a source? Who? Were those people aware that Mr. Ohr's \·vife
worked for Fusion? If so, how and when did they become aware?
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Did Mr. Ohr ever seek ethics advice from DOJ about his participation in this
investigation in light of his wife's employment with Fusion? In light of his
becoming a fact witness in a case over which his office (ODAG) likely had
supervisory authority? From whom did he seek advice? If so, was he properly
advised and to what extent did he follow it?
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Was it proper for Mr. Ohr to continue to pass information from Steele and Fusion
to the FBI after it had suspended, and later terminated, Steele as a source? Why
was that fact not disclosed to the FISC? Should it have been? Why was Mr. Ohr's
wife's work on behalf of Fusion not disclosed to the FISC?
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Why did the FBI and the Justice Department fail to disclose Steele's personal bias
to the FISC? Specifically, Mr. Ohr informed the FBI that Steele himself was
"desperate" to prevent Trump from being elected president. Why was this
information \vithheld from the FISC? Should it have been disclosed in the
renewal applications to correct any previous assessments or characterizations
about Steele's motivations, as distinct from his client's (Fusion) and funders'
(DNC/Clinton campaign)?