Steele dossier

The dossier

 * Dossier on documentcloud, announced on buzzfeed, 10/11 January, 2017
 * Steele was paid (via a law firm + Fusion company) $160,000 for this by DNC, and separately 'payment was authorized by FBI for the same information' (Nunes memo)
 * Alleged information is allegedly gained via some low-level staff or 'trusted compatriots, 'confidants' talking to high ranking officials (note the level of funding compared to level of sourcing).
 * The Trump Dossier Is Fake -- And Here Are The Reasons Why - Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes, January 13, 2017
 * The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was “Hair-Raising” Stuff - David Corn, Mother Jones, January 13, 2017
 * ''When I broke the story in October, I spoke with him. Here’s what he said.
 * Sir Andrew Wood, former UK-Moscow ambassador, consulted on Trump dossier - Luke Harding and Alice Ross, The Guardian, January 13, 2017
 * Why the ‘Steele Dossier’ on Trump-Russia collusion is a total nothingburger - Bryan MacDonald, RT, October 28, 2017
 * Your Trump Dossier Cheat Sheet by Publius Tacitus - Sic Semper Tyrannis, December 15, 2017
 * In the Russian Collusion Debate, Who’s Fooling Who? - Scott Ritter, The American Conservative, January 8, 2018
 * Was the DNC/Clinton campaign-funded dossier used to obtain warrants on Trump team from the secret court? - Sara Carter, January 10, 2018
 * The Dossier Rehab Campaign - Kimberley A. Strassel, The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2018 (spin on FOX)
 * The Democrats Have a “Dossier” Problem, and It Will Not Go Away - The Conservative Treehouse, January 12, 2018
 * ''The Steele Dossier is the “least bad” option to justify the origin of the DOJ/FBI “Trump Operation”. However, what if the Steele Dossier is the finished product of the DOJ/FBI “Trump Operation”,  not the beginning of an investigation?
 * Horsepucky, Narratives, Political Suppositions and The ATOMIC HAMMER OF TRUTH: Occam’s Razor - The Conservative Treehouse, January 15, 2018
 * House committee takes step toward making Trump dossier findings public - Byron York, Washington Examiner, January 18, 2018
 * A Bombshell House Intelligence report exposing extensive FISA abuse could lead to the removal of senior government officials - Sara Carter, January 18, 2018
 * The CIA Bull in Glenn Simpson's Russia Shop - John Helmer, January 21, 2018
 * Clinton, Podesta And Others In Senate Crosshairs Over Dossier; Given Two Weeks To Respond - ZeroHedge, January 27, 2018
 * The Steele Dossier Fits the Kremlin Playbook - Daniel Hoffman, Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2018
 * On Disinformation & The Dossier - EmptyWheel, January 29, 2018
 * Second "Trump Dossier" Emerges One Day After FISA Memo Vote - ZeroHedge, January 30, 2018
 * Intel Memo Mystery: John McCain Pushed ‘Pee’ Dossier to FBI Months After Feds Already Used It to Gain FISA Warrant - Aaron Klein, Breitbart, February 6, 2018
 * U.S. Spies, Seeking to Retrieve Cyberweapons, Paid Russian Peddling Trump Secrets - Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times, February 9, 2018
 * Dossier’s 10 core collusion accusations remain unverified 20 months later - Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times, February 12, 2018
 * Was Christopher Steele Paid by Russian Oligarch and Putin Ally Oleg Deripaska? - Lee Smith, Tablet, February 13, 2018
 * Christopher Steele: The Real Foreign Influence in the 2016 Election? - Peter van Buren, The American Conservative, February 15, 2018
 * Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier - Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, March 5, 2018
 * The New Yorker Attempts But Fails To Boost The Steele Dossier - Moon of Alabama, March 6, 2018
 * DNC Hack Involved Russian Agents "Within The Democratic Party": Unreleased Steele Memo - ZeroHedge, March 7, 2018
 * UK Begged Trump Not To Declassify Russia Docs; Cited 'Grave Concerns' Over Steele Involvement - ZeroHedge via Ron Paul Institute, September 23, 2018
 * EXCLUSIVE: Junk Anti-Trump Russia Steele Dossier Appears Tampered With – Pages Were Replaced - Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit, May 17, 2019
 * The Steele Dossier Was False and the FBI Knew - Percy Blakeney, Granite Grok, April 12, 2020

Specific allegations

 * pp 34-35, p18 (20 Oct) and several other places Trump's representative Michael Cohen met in Prague with Kremlin representatives and hackers. Michael Cohen denies being in Prague, even after his plea deal with prosecution.
 * pp 25-26. Allegations about Russian oligarchs Fridman, Aven, Khan being close to Putin, and have compromising material about Putin early days. Fridman, Aven and Khan are suing for defamation and damages (links below). Those allegations are serious; sources of those allegations are not publicly disclosed.
 * p 13 (Aug 5) and elsewhere, 'Peskov' leading interference, Ivanov against. After Ivanov sacked, pp 22-24, 14 Sept, p. 32, 19 Oct. and elsewhere, 'Ivanov' 'nominated' to be responsible. p 28, 12 Oct, FM ->FSB ->presidential administration time-sequence of responsibilities alleged.

Cohen still denies being in Czech republic, despite claims that his phone was turned on. A British tabloid raises phone cloning theory (Daily Mail, December 27, 2018).
 * Michael Cohen @MichaelCohen212, December 28, 2018
 * Jennifer Taub Replying to @MichaelCohen212 Quick follow up if I may. Have you ever been to any location within the Czech Republic? Asking for several hundred million friends.
 * Michael Cohen: NO

"Primary Subsource"

 * I FOUND THE PRIMARY SUBSOURCE - anonymous blog, July 18, 2020, archived by NYT on July 27, 2020
 * ''Names Igor Danchenko as the "Primary Subsource".
 * [https://www.rt.com/usa/495342-russiagate-steele-dossier-source/
 * Meet the Steele Dossier's 'Primary Subsource': Fabulist Russian From Democrat Think Tank Whose Boozy Past the FBI Ignored - Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, July 24, 2020
 * The F.B.I. Pledged to Keep a Source Anonymous. Trump Allies Aided His Unmasking. - The New York Times July 25, 2020 (archive)
 * ''The report blacked out Mr. Danchenko’s name and other identifying information. But within two days, a post on a newly created blog entitled “I Found the Primary Subsource” identified him, citing clues left visible in the F.B.I. document. A pseudonymous Twitter account created in May then promoted the existence of the blog. And the next day, RT, the Kremlin-owned, English-language news and propaganda outlet, published an article amplifying Mr. Danchenko’s identification.
 * Secret source for anti-Trump Steele dossier is revealed - Marisa Schultz, Fox News, July 25, 2020
 * Revealed: Name and substance-abuse record of ‘dossier’ source - Free Press International News Service, July 27, 2020
 * Report: Steele dossier source revealed to be American - FOX News, July 27, 2020 (video)

Other possible sources
Oleg Erovinkin (Wikipedia-Eng) was a Soviet/Russian intelligence officer employed by Sechin's Rosneft; his death on 26 December, 2016 led to speculations that he is a Steele sources (since an unnamed source with links to Sechin is said to be mentioned in Steele's reports). Those rumors were denied by Steele (who said that he is not one of his sources), and in Moscow, where it is said that Erovinking had a heart attack after a heart surgery
 * Found dead FSB general Oleg Erovinkin, the trustworthy man of Igor Sechin -general-ivanoff, December 26, 2016
 * Mystery death of ex-KGB chief linked to MI6 spy's dossier on Donald Trump -The Telegraph, January 27, 2017
 * Was Erovinkin an informer on the 'Trump dossier'?-politonline.ru, January 28, 2017
 * The Mechanics of Deception - Yaacov Apelbaum, March 17, 2018
 * 'Steele was adamant that Erovinkin wasn't his source and 'not one of ours'-Fire and Fury Russian Dossier Donald Trump -'Wikipedia Presents'
 * State Department handwritten notes of meeting with Christopher Steele, scribd, uploaded by John Solomon
 * Kavalec Less Redacted Memo, scribd, uploaded by John Solomon
 * State Department official cited Steele in emails with Ohr after flagging credibility issues to FBI, docs reveal -Fox News, May 16, 2019
 *  ...then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec and Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr discussed new allegations concerning the Trump campaign's Russia connections that were sourced to British ex-spy Christopher Steele...The previous month, in October 2016, Kavalec had met with Steele and documented his political motivations in writing -- particularly that Steele's client was "keen" to see his anti-Trump materials "come to light" prior to the election. Kavelec forwarded her written notes, in which she also pointed out that some of Steele's claims were apparently false, to a senior FBI executive.
 * Ep. 982 Outed! Here’s the Real Russia Scandal. The Dan Bongino Show 5/17/2019 - May 17, 2019
 * State Department notes on interview with Steele say Steele's sources were Vyacheslav Trubnikov (Hero of Russia) and Vladislav Surkov. (ex-GRU and/or military experience, Kremlin insider with soft power/near abroad portfolio and established writing/theater experience).
 * p 2. July
 * Trubnikov -
 * Surkov -        sources
 * Ex-MI6 spy ‘fabricated dossier on Trump and prostitutes’ - Tim Shipman, The Sunday Times, January 26, 2020
 * Top British spy report: 'Strong possibility' that anti-Trump dossier was completely fabricated - Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, January 26, 2020
 * UK Espionage Historian Says Steele Dossier on Trump Was Highly Likely 'Fabricated' – Report - Sputnik, January 26, 2020
 * West v. Steele: Trump-Russia dossier was ‘FABRICATION,’ colleague & spy expert revealed… YEARS ago - RT, January 27, 2020
 * The 'Primary Subsource's' Guide to Russiagate, as Told to the FBI - Eric Felten, RealClearInvestigations, July 20, 2020
 * 'Rumor at best': Dossier that rocked D.C. relied on mystery man, hearsay - Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times, July 20, 2020

Who else was involved in creating the dossier?

 * ''See also Poisoning of Sergei Skripal


 * Pablo Miller OBE - Consultant - FCO Services.gov.uk | LinkedIn - (Deleted profile)
 * ''He was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment and served in Germany, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and Brunei. In 1990, he joined the Foreign Office, working in Lagos/Abuja and Kinshasa in the early 1990s. Between 2006-09, he led the British Government's flagship project in Bogota, supporting the Colombian state's programme aimed at countering high-level, drugs-related corruption and impunity. He enjoys a wealth of experience and expertise in the management of high-end Insider Threat risks. Pablo continues to work part-time for the Foreign Office on a contract basis. He was awarded an OBE in ...
 * It looks like the ‘James Bond’ behind the dossier let a Putin pawn do all the work - Paul Sperry, New York Post, January 22, 2018
 * Poisioned British-Russian Double-Agent Has Links To Clinton Campaign - Moon of Alabama, March 8, 2018
 * Hospitalized Russian spy linked to Russia-UK spy wars - CNN, March 9, 2018
 * Was Skripal the "Russian intelligence source" for the Steele Dossier? - Pundita, March 22, 2018
 * The Tale of a ‘Deep State Target’ Daniel Lazare, Consortium News April 4, 2019

Glenn Simpson

 * How Lobbyists Help Ex-Soviets Woo Washington - Glenn R. Simpson, Associated Press via WSJ, April 17, 2007 (PDF, .doc)
 * Delete or hide this Report: Russia 'Dossier' Based on 10-Year-Old Wall Street Journal Articles - Breitbart, December 21, 2017

Joseph Mifsud

 * ''See also Joseph Mifsud and Sergei Skripal


 * US v. George Papadopoulos - Statement of the Offense - justice.gov, October 5, 2017
 * Joseph Mifsud. The “professor” in the Papadopoulos – Manafort revelations. - Jon Worth Euroblog, October 31, 2017
 * Salient facts: The tangled web around Joseph Mifsud - Brian Whitaker, Nov 19, 2017 (updated January 2, 2018)
 * Saudis, Russians and Italians: the murky world of Joseph Mifsud Brian Whitaker, March 25, 2018
 * Associate of Joseph Mifsud Was Described By EU Parliament As A ‘Reliable Ally” To George Soros - Kenneth Whittle, Disobedient Media, June 6, 2018
 * ''Over the past few months, many questions have been raised regarding the ‘mysterious Maltese Professor,’ Joseph Mifsud, and his involvement in the Trump – Russia saga. Disobedient Media broke coverage of Joseph Mifsud’s connections to UK intelligence, as well as the connection of Russiagate’s central ‘witnesses’ to British Intelligence. Disobedient Media was also the first outlet to report on the findings of UK political analyst Chris Blackburn, who recounted evidence that included reference to Joseph Mifsud’s close relationship with Italian Senator Gianni Pittella.
 * The London Academy Of Diplomacy: - Diplomat Magazine, May 1, 2014 (archive)
 * Maltese Official Raises Profile Of U.K. Diplomacy Academy - Larry Luxner, The Washington Diplomat, December 18, 2014 (archive)
 * Death Of Russiagate: Mueller Team Tied To Mifsud’s Network - Elizabeth Vos, Disobedient Media, January 21, 2019
 * DEEP STATE SPY LOCATED: Fake ‘Russian’ Joseph Mifsud Who Set Up Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Located in Rome! - Joe Hoft, The Gateway Pundit, April 20, 2019
 * Barr, Durham hear taped deposition of Prof. Mifsud in meeting with Italian officials - Monique Agius, Newsbook, October 3, 2019

"Putin's niece"

 * Mysterious Putin ‘niece’ has a name - Politico.eu, Octopber 11, 2017
 * ''Federal investigators have a name for a mysterious Russian woman who offered to help broker meetings between former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and Kremlin officials: Olga Vinogradova.
 * ''Mifsud did not respond to requests for comment. But in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica last week, he referred to Vinogradova as "just a student, a very good-looking one." Papadopoulos's interest in her, Mifsud said, was "very different from an academic one."
 * Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, March 2019, via The New York Times, April 18, 2019
 * ''On March 24, 2016, Papadopoulos met with Mifsud in London. Mifsud was accompanied by a Russian female named Olga Polonskaya. Mifsud introduced Polonskaya as a former student of his who had connections to Vladimir Putin. Papadopoulos understood at the time that Polonskaya may have been Putin’s niece but later learned that this was not true. During the meeting, Polonskaya offered to help Papadopoulos establish contacts in Russia and stated that the Russian ambassador in London was a friend of hers (...)

American mole in the Kremlin?

 * ''See Oleg Smolenkov

Use in FISA court

 * ''Main article: Spygate


 * Steele's stunning pre-FISA confession: Informant needed to air Trump dirt before election - John Solomon, The Hill, May 7, 2019
 * FBI's Steele story falls apart: False intel and media contacts were flagged before FISA - John Solomon, The Hill, May 9, 2019
 * FBI-CIA Dispute Erupts Over Whether Comey Or Brennan Pushed Steele Dossier - ZeroHedge, May 16, 2019
 * Irrelevant Carter Page Sues DOJ to Preview IG Report on FISA – A Deeper Dive Into The “Bigger” Picture - The Conservative Treehouse, October 26, 2019
 * ''On March 17th, 2017, the Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, requested the FISA application from ODNI Dan Coats. Upon “read and return” delivery, Warner instructed SSCI Security Director James Wolfe to leak the content. Wolfe sent 82 pictures of the 83-page report to his media narrative engineer Ali Watkins, a reporter at Buzzfeed. On May 17th, 2017, Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel. The New York Times hired Ali Watkins.