And Now WSJ is reporting Ex-British Spy’s Research Sparked Trump Surveillance

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According to a new report, the Obama Justice Department relied on information obtained by former British spy, Christopher Steele, to spy on Trump campaign aide, Carter Page, during the final days of the 2016 presidential election.

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In the final days of the campaign, the Justice Department used information from Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence official, as part of its request for a secret court order to monitor Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Mr. Trump and his ties to Russia, say people familiar with the matter. At the time, Mr. Steele was working for a research firm that was being paid by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. He produced a 35-page dossier of salacious and unverified allegations involving Mr. Trump that the president has dismissed as false.

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Congressional investigators have found a discrepancy between information Mr. Steele provided as part of a libel lawsuit filed in the United Kingdom and information in the government’s possession, people familiar with the matter say. The discrepancy involves Mr. Steele’s contacts with reporters.

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