thefederalist | In three articles for The Hill last
week, investigative journalist John Solomon revealed previously
undisclosed text and email discussions between former Associate Deputy
Attorney General Bruce Ohr and former MI6 agent and Spygate dossier
author Christopher Steele. Solomon’s reporting also uncovered notes Ohr
took summarizing discussions he had with Steele’s boss at Fusion GPS,
Glenn Simpson, about the Russia “collusion” investigation.
In isolation, the details revealed in Solomon’s must-read exposés are
troubling. But when considered in conjunction with information related
to the Russia investigation the government previously released, this new
information is potentially devastating, because it indicates that,
notwithstanding claims to the contrary, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation launched operation Crossfire Hurricane based on Steele’s
Clinton-funded opposition research.
This conclusion flows from an email exchange revealed in Solomon’s first article,
which established that Ohr met with Steele on July 30, 2016, in
Washington DC. Ohr brought his wife Nellie to the breakfast gathering.
Nellie, as has long been reported, worked at Fusion GPS, also on the
Trump opposition-research project.
That end-of-July meeting followed emails exchanged earlier in the
month, in which Steele told Ohr: “There is something separate I wanted
to discuss with you informally and separately. It concerns our favourite
business tycoon!”
