{"id":1685074,"date":"2022-10-12T10:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1685074"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:21:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:21:59","slug":"even-after-offering-1m-fbi-never-got-corroboration-of-russia-dossier-they-used-to-spy-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-after-offering-1m-fbi-never-got-corroboration-of-russia-dossier-they-used-to-spy-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Even After Offering $1M, FBI Never Got Corroboration Of Russia Dossier They Used To Spy On Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-after-offering-1m-fbi-never-got-corroboration-of-russia-dossier-they-used-to-spy-on-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1685074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Even though the FBI offered $1 million if he would be able to prove any of the claims made in his dossier, former British spy Christopher Steele was unable to do so, an intelligence official testified on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the FBI used the dossier to secure wiretaps to spy on Donald Trump-related individuals and to spread a narrative of treasonous collusion with Russia by the former president.<\/p>\n<p>FBI supervisory analyst Brian Auten made the confession during the trial of Igor Danchenko, Steele\u2019s unnamed <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/04\/primary-sub-source-for-bogus-steele-dossier-arrested-by-federal-authorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cPrimary Sub-Source\u201d<\/a> who funneled anti-Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/18\/spygate-101-a-primer-on-the-russia-collusion-hoaxs-years-long-plot-to-take-down-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">information manufactured by a Hillary Clinton booster<\/a> to Steele and is now facing indictment on five counts of lying to the FBI. <\/p>\n<p>Auten <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanLangille\/status\/1579932692585775105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the FBI never paid Steele \u2014 who was employed by Fusion GPS, which Clinton\u2019s campaign lawyers commissioned to dig up dirt connecting Trump to Russia \u2014 because the British spy could not \u201cprove the allegations\u201d outlined in his dossier. Under questioning from Special Counsel John Durham, who is prosecuting Danchenko, Auten also testified that Steele failed to disclose his sources\u2019 names to the FBI during their formal meeting just one month before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Several top FBI officials and Steele formally met overseas on Oct. 3, 2016. It was then that the FBI offered Steele $1 million cash to prove his dossier, which contained a long list of false and concocted claims about Trump colluding with Russia to win the White House. As Auten has now repeatedly explained, Steele did not have proof that his findings were true. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Steele\u2019s inability to prove the false allegations of conspiracy and collusion, the FBI used the dossier in its Oct. 21 original application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court demanding permission to spy on Trump and his advisers including Carter Page. The dossier was also included in three more FISA renewal applications, which prolonged government intelligence\u2019s recon on Trump and were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/23\/breaking-spy-court-admits-fisa-warrants-against-carter-page-were-not-valid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">later deemed invalid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/06\/inspector-general-report-shows-special-counsel-replicated-fbi-abuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an abuse of power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t stop Steele or his employer from peddling the hoax. In addition to leveraging their connection with the FBI to feed false information about Trump to officials at the Department of Justice and Department of State \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/13\/new-info-doj-fbi-knew-trump-surveillance-was-based-on-russian-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">knew, along with the FBI, that surveillance of Trump was based on disinformation<\/a> \u2014 Steele and Fusion GPS coordinated with corporate media to disseminate the unproven and now-discredited material to the voting public.<\/p>\n<p>Auten\u2019s testimony contradicts what the FBI told Congress about Steele and his dossier. During a briefing on <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/reports\/2019\/o1902.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 8, 2017<\/a>, the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HansMahncke\/status\/1579970738517594112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Congress that Steele was not paid \u201cfor the information on Russia\u2019s activities relating to Trump and the Trump campaign.\u201d Instead, the FBI claimed that they simply covered Steele\u2019s travel arrangements to \u201cmeet with us,\u201d neglecting to mention they had offered him seven figures to prove something he could not.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s true that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz knew the FBI offered Steele money and indicated that in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/30\/inspector-general-finds-damning-widespread-fisa-failure-after-fbi-director-dismissed-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his FISA abuse report<\/a>, he did not say how much the offer was. It\u2019s unclear if the FBI refused to share the exact number with the inspector general or if Horowitz simply chose not to publicize that number.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Danchenko also gave contradicting statements during his trial. The Russian national <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-donald-trump-presidential-elections-campaign-2016-68f60047db27fb5d0ff518f3a4bbee8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> he received key information from Sergei Millian, the former head of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce, via an anonymous phone call. Prosecutors, however, say there is no evidence nor are there phone records that indicate Danchenko ever communicated with Millian.<\/p>\n<p>Danchenko also claimed he never \u201ctalked\u201d with Charles Dolan, a Democrat operative who worked on Clinton\u2019s campaign, about the dossier. Prosecutors, however, said evidence suggests Danchenko \u201cspoke with Mr. Dolan over email\u201d about the contents of the dossier.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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