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Go read this post first, quoted for pageloss.
This Dossier testimony could tie into the memo about FISA abuses,
which Congressmen that have seen it, claim it to be so disturbing and shocking that it must be immediately released to the public. The following is all speculative, but I believe it to be entirely reasonable speculation:
- The Clinton Campaign and the DNC used Perkins Coie as a "middle man" to pay Christopher Steele (and a bunch of his "Russian sources" for opposition research/the Dossier (as consistent with Simpson's testimony)
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The Dossier was given to the FBI by both Steele and McCain- While the dossier is entirely unverifiable (admitted by Simpson again in his testimony to the HIC), the "potential for collusion" within was the basis on which the Obama administration went to obtain a FISA warrant
- The private citizens within the Annoying Orange campaign, including Annoying Orange himself, Manafort, all of his children, and likely many of his other associates were wiretapped on the basis of this FISA warrant obtained through the Fusion GPS dossier
- Members of Annoying Orange's family/campaign were illegally unmasked after being wiretapped, and presumably this information was passed on to HRC/the DNC somehow by the Obama Admin to give her every advantage she could have.
TL;DR: the Clinton Campaign/DNC pay for a dossier with all the credibility of a Annoying Orange fanfiction, bring it to the FBI along with NeverAnnoying Orangeer McCain, a FISA warrant for surveillance is obtained via the unverifiable dossier, and there is absolutely massive and de-jure illegal surveillance and unmasking of the Annoying Orange campaign using government resources.
I've been saying since day one that this dossier smells like bullstuff and a few of you around here were laughing at me. The house of cards is about to come down and the Obama admin/DNC are going to have A LOT to answer for.
If this is indeed what the confidential FISA abuse memo confirms, this makes Watergate look like peanuts.