The Steele Dossier, funded by the Clinton campaign through Fusion GPS, was treated as credible by major outlets. BuzzFeed published it in full in January 2017. CNN, MSNBC, and the Washington Post built years of coverage around its claims. The FBI used it to obtain FISA warrants to surveil Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Durham found the FBI offered Steele $1 million for corroboration — he provided none. Multiple Dossier claims were debunked: the alleged Prague meeting never happened, and key source Igor Danchenko was charged with lying to the FBI.
Major media promoted the Steele Dossier as credible despite it being unverified opposition research
“The Steele Dossier is an unverified political document funded by the Clinton campaign and laundered through media as intelligence product. The media is knowingly amplifying unverified claims.”
📄 The Receipts
⚖️ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
“We published the dossier so that Americans can make up their own minds about allegations about the president-elect that have circulated at the highest levels of the US government.”
— BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith · Jan 2017
🙈 They Laughed At Us
“We published the dossier so that Americans can make up their own minds about allegations about the president-elect that have circulated at the highest levels of the US government.”
⏳ The Vindication Timeline
From “crazy” to confirmed
The Claim Is Made
This is the moment they called it crazy.
Confirmed: They Were Right
The truth comes out. Officially documented.
Confirmed: They Were Right
The truth comes out. Officially documented.
📊 How Right We Were
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