About the Steele dossier:
The Washington DC firm, Fusion GPS, a firm started by 3 former Wall Street Journal reporters, Glenn Simpson, Peter Fritsch, and Thomas Catan, were the ones who hired the former MI6 spy agent in the UK, Mr. Steele, on behalf of a wealthy Republican donor. Fusion GPS does not reveal their sources, or who pays them for opposition research, one of their services on behalf of their clients.
Some at first speculated it may have been Mitt Romney, others speculated it may have Jeb Bush. There is a case to be made though that it may have been Peter Singer, working on behalf of Marco Rubio.
According to an article at the Guardian, the oppo research efforts by Steele began at the beginning of 2016, but the original R funding source stopped in about June 2016. That was when a Democrat source started picking up the tab for Steele's fees.
According to the Guardian report, Steele had given the report to the Republicans and the Democrats. Steele supposedly also shared the info. about Trump with a long time friend of his at the FBI.
Then, immediately after the election the Steele dossier hits the news and Russians who might have talked to Steele start being killed.
Question: If the Steele dossier is all fiction, why the dead Russians?
11/8/16 Sergei Krivov - Duty officer, Russian consulate, NYC. Head trauma.
12/20/16 Petr Polshikov - Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow. Gunshot in home.
12/26/16 Roman Skyrlnikov - Russian diplomat, Kazakhstan. Heart attack.
12/26/16 Oleg Erovinkin - FSB General, Moscow. Found dead in his car.
1/9/17 - Andrei Malanin - Russian consul, Moscow. Natural causes.
1/25/17 - Alexander Kadakin - Russian ambassador, India. Illness.
2/20/17 - Vitaly Churkin - Russian UN ambassador, NYC. Died "at work."
3/2/17 - Alex Oronov - Ukrainian businessman, NYC. Unknown causes. (Set up 'peace plan' meeting w/Trump personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, Felix Sater, and a Ukrainian MP) |
