Emails: Obama State Dept. Official Introduced Steele to Clinton Foundation-Tied Execs

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While he was an official at the Obama State Department, staffer Jonathan M. Winer facilitated a meeting between anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele and the senior director of a firm that did extensive pro bono work for the Clinton Global Initiative.

A second introduction was made to an executive from a strategic advisory firm founded by Bill Clinton’s first White House chief of staff who later served as Clinton’s counselor.

Winer made the introductions in question and also attempted to facilitate a series of other meetings for Steele utilizing his official State Department email address, as documented by emails obtained in a joint lawsuit by Judicial Watch and The Daily Caller News Foundation.


Winer further acknowledged that while at the State Department, he shared anti-Trump material with Steele passed to him by longtime Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal, whom Winer described as an “old friend.” Winer wrote that the material from Blumenthal – which Winer in turn gave to Steele – originated with Cody Shearer, who is a controversial figure long tied to various Clinton scandals.

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