Topic: Fusion Gps

Representative Jim Jordan claims the intelligence community altered assessments in December 2016 at the prompting of President Obama to support the Russia interference narrative. The discussion highlights the use of the Steele Dossier and alleges that high-ranking officials like James Clapper and John Brennan lied to Congress without facing immediate consequences.

Fox News reports on Nellie Ohr's communications with the Justice Department regarding the Fusion GPS investigation and the Steele dossier. The segment highlights her role in providing Russian-language news reports to federal officials to influence the narrative surrounding Donald Trump. The hosts reiterate Trump's known germophobia as a counter-argument to the dossier's claims.

New reports allege that Nellie Ohr, a former contractor for Fusion GPS, was in constant communication with her husband, Bruce Ohr, and other Justice Department officials regarding the Steele Dossier. The communications reportedly included sending news reports in Russian to smear Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. Critics argue that Nellie Ohr may have been one of the most significant hires in the effort to delegitimize the Trump presidency.

Robert Mueller claimed to be unfamiliar with Fusion GPS, the firm that produced the Steele dossier, which critics cited as evidence of his lack of involvement in the investigation's details. Representative Will Hurd questioned Mueller on debunked reports regarding Michael Cohen visiting Prague and a Trump Tower server communicating with Russia's Alpha Bank. Mueller stated he did not believe the server story was true, though it had been widely reported by outlets like Slate.

Attorney Sidney Powell discusses allegations of collusion involving James Comey and private contractors like CrowdStrike and Fusion GPS. Powell claims these entities were granted unauthorized access to raw FISA intelligence and the NSA database for private profit. The hosts suggest these connections represent a significant political scandal involving Ukrainian interests.

Radio host Michael Savage propagates a theory that Christine Blasey Ford is a CIA asset who oversees an undergraduate internship program at Stanford University. The theory links her brother, Ralph Blasey III, to Baker Hostetler and Fusion GPS, the firm behind the Steele Dossier. While these claims are circulated widely on social media, they remain uncorroborated and are treated as a potential conspiracy theory.

Congressman Jim Jordan discussed the closed-door testimony of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr regarding his contacts with Christopher Steele. Ohr reportedly admitted to knowing about Steele's bias against Donald Trump while funneling information from Fusion GPS to the FBI. Critics argue these facts were not disclosed to the FISA court when obtaining warrants to monitor Carter Page and the Trump campaign.

Representative Jim Jordan highlighted a footnote in the House Intelligence Committee report regarding the Penn Quarter Group (PQG). Led by Daniel Jones, PQG reportedly received $50 million from wealthy donors to hire Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS. The hosts criticize the FBI for "outsourcing" intelligence work to private firms led by former colleagues, calling it systemic corruption.

The hosts discuss contradictions between Glenn Simpson's testimony and FBI records. Simpson claimed Fusion GPS never spoke with the FBI, yet Peter Strzok's emails suggest the bureau received copies of the dossier from Simpson and David Corn of Mother Jones. They suggest there may have been three distinct copies of the dossier circulating among different agencies and media outlets.

Journalist Michael Isikoff discussed his interactions with former MI6 agent Christopher Steele on his podcast, Skullduggery. The conversation highlights Steele's meetings with multiple media outlets and his professional relationship with Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, while noting that Steele is collaborating with David Corn on a book titled Russian Roulette.

The release of Fusion GPS testimony reveals that the law firm Perkins Coie acted as a conduit for DNC and Clinton campaign funds. The testimony includes redacted names of three journalists who reportedly had meetings brokered with Christopher Steele, raising questions about media complicity in the dossier's distribution.

Musician Moby claims in an interview with Pitchfork that active and former CIA agents approached him to spread information about Donald Trump being a "Russian agent." Moby asserts that the intelligence community is concerned about Trump being a "Manchurian candidate" involved with organized crime and Russian oligarchs. The hosts mock Moby's "low-ranked celebrity" status and his claims of having friends in the CIA.

Senator Dianne Feinstein unilaterally released the transcript of Glenn Simpson's testimony regarding Fusion GPS and the Steele Dossier. While Republicans like Senator Chuck Grassley called the move a "breach of trust," some speculate it was a strategic setup to force the release of other classified documents, including FISA applications.

Congressional leaders are calling for the public release of FISA applications used to surveil the Trump campaign. Meanwhile, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr has been demoted twice following revelations of his meetings with Christopher Steele and his wife Nellie Ohr's employment at Fusion GPS.

Reports indicate that Nellie Ohr, the wife of a DOJ official, applied for a ham radio license while working for Fusion GPS. The hosts debunk the implication that she was using shortwave radio to communicate with Christopher Steele, noting that a technician-level license is insufficient for such activity. They suggest more modern methods like steganography would be more effective for covert communication.

The Clinton campaign and the DNC were revealed as the funders of the Steele dossier through Fusion GPS. The hosts note that the media is largely ignoring John Podesta's potential involvement in the funding chain. The story is framed as standard opposition research by Democrats, while the President calls it a "disgrace."

The investigation into the "Steele Dossier" and Fusion GPS shifts focus toward the Clinton campaign and the DNC's funding of the research. The discussion highlights the overlapping connections between Paul Manafort, the Podesta Group, and Russian interests, suggesting that the dossier was a sophisticated piece of opposition research that is now being used to politically distance the Democratic establishment from Hillary Clinton.

ABC News correspondent Brian Ross reports on the revelation that the Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the Fusion GPS dossier after an unknown Republican donor started the initial research. The segment is analyzed for "whipsaws," specifically how the media is now rebranding the dossier as "standard opposition research" to protect the Democratic party's credibility.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, facing questioning from Al Franken and Lindsey Graham regarding Russian election interference and the Steele Dossier. Graham inquires about a potentially incriminating email between the DNC and the DOJ that may have influenced James Comey's actions in 2016. Sessions declines to provide specific details on the matter during the public hearing.

Rachel Maddow and Republican strategist Rick Wilson discussed the legitimacy of the Steele dossier following testimony from Fusion GPS. Wilson claimed that a "gigantic iceberg" of information exists regarding Trump's alleged entanglements with Russian oligarchs. Maddow characterized the dossier's claims as evidence of "overt and knowing collusion" in a Russian attack on the United States.