Christopher Steele Whacks Mueller Report and 'Bad Faith' Team Trump

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Source: The Daily Beast

Nick Mutch


OXFORD, England—Christopher Steele, a former British spy who compiled the notorious dossier on Trump’s relationship with Russia, attacked the Mueller report and Trump’s Department of Justice officials on Friday, in his first public remarks since his bombshell allegations were published in 2017.

Speaking to students at the Oxford University in England, he described the probe into Russian interference as having failed to do any “drilling down into financial networks and leverage,” which he said was “the way Russian influence works.”

His appearance at the Oxford Union, a 200-year-old debating society, was held in private but attended by The Daily Beast.

Steele said he had been interviewed by the Mueller probe into potential collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government for “two whole days” but said: “I was surprised that very little of what I had discussed with them appeared in the final report.”

He criticized the report for being “too narrow” and failing to follow up on crucial evidence. “There were many things about the report that were good… but other (aspects) that were not so good,” he said.

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[PSPS]

1. "I was surprised that very little of what I had discussed with them appeared in the final report"

Unless he saw the full unredacted report, all he's going on is Barr's cover-up "summary" which intentionally left out anything critical of his one and only client -- trump.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Can a new investigation be started

by a new Dem POTUS? We really need to get the truth. We can use this info to learn about info that would help the nation's security in the future and hopefully not repeat it, make new laws, etc.

[Mr. Ected]

4. I would be heartbroken if Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress didn't throw the book at them

As an American, I want closure, even if it means disassembling the Republican Party, traitor by effing traitor.

[2naSalit]

5. +1

[MadLinguist]

6. Yes. Amid all this celebration about the unity of the party, I have to wonder whether

it will appear to be in the interests of continued unity to pursue the criminal gang currently holding power if and when the Joe takes office. Warren was the only one who talked specifics about criminal prosecution. I sure hope that position survives all the unity coalescence moves.

[Duppers]

12. Warren was Right.

Crimes are crimes.

What does overlooking these criminals say to the public at large?

[summer_in_TX]

8. That, I thought, was one of Elizabeth Warren's excellent ideas

Hold hearings based on a try=uth and reconciliation model. No more sweeping things under the rug.

[Ponietz]

15. no reconciliation with murderers of truth

[NewJeffCT]

9. They really need to have a new independent special prosecutor

Like Watergate and Iran Contra

[BigmanPigman]

10. Good!

Now we have to make sure the new POTUS does goes through with it.

[liberalla]

7. Interesting this coming out now when that judge just ordered the unredacted version...

[not_the_one]

17. He'll never get it. Barr will refuse to allow it to be released to him.

The judge should subpoena the report from MUELLER, and threaten jail if he doesn't provide it.

Fuck Barr. He can be jailed after Biden takes office.

[Qutzupalotl]

18. And today another judge demanded a document mentioned in the Mueller report:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142442697

[rockfordfile]

11. He's correct

[Chicago1980]

13. It's always been about 'follow the money'.

Mueller didn't d that at all.

Trumps tax issue will be before the SCOTUS soon.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Until we see the un-redacted Mueller report in it's entirety, we don't know.

And until we hear testimony from those refusing to comply with subpoenas, we don't know. A giant middle finger has been raised to us as citizens and we need to respond. It is the beginning of a dictator, and needs to be fought on every front. Biden knows it. Bernie knows it. Nancy knows it. Half the populace (or more) knows it. Let's unite and get to work.

[Ponietz]

16. Deutsche Bank

Pffft, anyone could write an affidavit showing probable cause just on the publicly reported sources.
Comey, Rosenstein, Mueller. MF craven puffs.

[Nitram]

19. Exactly. Mueller conducted an "investigation lite", just like the one into Brett Kavanaugh.

Even then, though, he found strong evidence that crimes had been committed.