re: New court docs: Dossier author Steele passed info to longtime Clinton friend at state dept

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Talbott also has a familial link to another dossier that was handled by Steele and Winer. Talbott’s brother-in-law is Cody Shearer, a longtime Clinton fixer who conducted a private investigation of his own into Trump during the campaign.

Shearer’s dossier contains some allegations similar to Steele’s report, including that Russians had blackmail material on Trump. Shearer passed his report to Winer through Sidney Blumenthal, another longtime Clinton insider. Winer then shared the Shearer memos with Steele, who provided them to the FBI.

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If we ever get Steele under oath the whole thing comes tumbling down. He didn't write it, he didn't research it, the Clinton's passed the entirely made up dossier through Steele's hands to wash Shearer's stink off of it.