Obama State Dept. official admits free-flowing exchange of reports with Trump dossier author

Russia,Donald Trump,Christopher Steele

Posted on AllSides February 10, 2018

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An Obama State Department official has acknowledged he had regular contact with the author of the controversial anti-Trump dossier – coming forward in an apparent bid to blunt expected criticism from the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

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