He said he's convinced this has been a witch hunt, and that belief was reinforced this week by reports that a controversial and
salacious dossier on Trump was funded in part by Hillary Clinton's campaign.
But five days later, the president lashed out at the intel community after CNN reported that then - FBI Director James Comey had briefed Trump on
a salacious dossier compiled by a former British intelligence officer.
Not exact matches
Following CNN's report, several prominent Trump supporters slammed the special counsel or shifted attention onto Hillary Clinton and reports that her campaign had hired a law firm which retained Fusion GPS last year, the opposition - research firm that funded the so - called Steele
dossier containing several
salacious allegations about Trump's ties to Russia.
Steele is the author of the controversial
dossier about Trump that included
salacious details about alleged ties to the Kremlin.
At one point, Nunes called out Comey's testimony in June 2017, in which the former FBI director refers to the
dossier as «
salacious and unverified.»
Note well: Comey doesn't say the entire
dossier is «
salacious and unverified.»
Though its more
salacious claims (involving Trump's sexual activities) became widely known after BuzzFeed published the
dossier in full in January, there's currently no indication that information in the
dossier influenced Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia, or, more importantly, led to the entire investigation in the first place.
Fusion GPS hired a former British spy, Christopher Steele, to compile the
dossier, which includes
salacious allegations about Trump's activities in Russia.
The publishing of claims in an unsubstantiated
dossier of
salacious details surrounding Trump was debated in journalism circles.
Former FBI Director James Comey writes in his new book that President Trump urged him to investigate the
salacious allegations contained in a campaign
dossier in order to placate his wife.
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WASHINGTON — Legendary journalist Bob Woodward on Sunday clashed with his former Watergate reporting partner over the intelligence briefing of President - elect Donald Trump on the
salacious allegations contained in an unverified
dossier of opposition research.
With the Steele
dossier and its
salacious, urolagnic claims continuing to hang over Donald Trump's presidency, the timing is perfect for a thriller about a honeypot Russian spy to engross audiences, but Red Sparrow is not it.