@Olivier5,
Olivier5 wrote:
The original wikipedia article reads:
Quote:and, following Trump's election, Steele continued working on the report pro bono and passed on the information to British and American intelligence services.
He didn't work "pro bono." As the article says, the FBI agreed to pay him $50,000+. They later reneged when they found out that he was also being paid by democrats. Again, he didn't "pass on" info to the FBI, he tried to sell it to them.
He immediately went into hiding after his name was discovered. Both he and Fusion have refused to testify, and in his libel suit, he admitted that his reports had not been verified, and claimed the dossier should never have been published.
This guy was a profiteer forger/author seeking to enrich himself by playing the chumps, that's all.
Olivier5 wrote:The research was initially funded by Republicans who did not want Trump to be the Republican Party nominee for president.
This fraud was NOT hired until
after Trump won the primary and the Democrats took over the "research." Between June and November (the election) the Democrats were getting fleeced to the tune of $50,000 PER MONTH by this con man.