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Reporting and long-standing allegations say Russia — and specifically Vladimir Putin — has pursued “kompromat” operations and that Kremlin documents and commentators have claimed kompromat exists on D...
The short answer: there is no publicly verified, incontrovertible proof that Vladimir Putin personally possesses specific kompromat that controls Donald Trump, but multiple sources, leaks, and long-st...
No credible record shows Barack Obama was ever formally charged with a crime during or after his presidency. Recent 2025 political actions have sought investigations and grand juries into Obama-era of...
The Steele dossier contains a mix: portions that line up with established facts about Russian operations and contacts have been described as broadly consistent by some analysts, while many of its more...
Multiple post‑2016 government reviews and declassifications found that the Steele dossier contained unverified and, in some parts, unsubstantiated material and that the FBI relied on it in seeking FIS...
Available reporting shows the Steele dossier was used by the FBI in FISA applications targeting Carter Page, but authorities and watchdogs disagree on how central or properly disclosed it was: the DOJ...
Candace Owens left The Daily Wire in March 2024, and Reporting shows Steele’s casting replaced Owens on that series, while other aspects of Owens’ departure and any broader “successor” for her platfor...
Intelligence analysts separate fragmented kompromat claims from evidence of centralized Kremlin control by testing provenance, source reliability, and organizational patterns — looking for corroborati...
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (IG) concluded in December 2019 that FBI use of the Steele dossier in FISA applications contained serious errors and omissions — including 17 ...
U.S. intelligence agencies and the FBI investigated Russian interference in 2016 and treated the Steele dossier as “raw” and largely uncorroborated reporting rather than a finished intelligence produc...
The Mueller report referenced pieces of the Steele dossier and agreed broadly that Russia sought to assist Trump’s 2016 campaign, but it did not adopt most of Steele’s specific, sensational allegation...
President Trump ordered declassification actions related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe both in 2018 and in the closing hours of his presidency on January 19, 2021, when he “ordered the declas...
Intelligence and investigative reporting reach no single, uncontested conclusion: some parts of the Steele dossier match later public facts about Russian activity and contacts, but U.S. agencies and o...
The Steele dossier contained multiple —including that Russia had cultivated and supported Donald Trump for years, that the Kremlin provided regular intelligence to the Trump team, and that kompromat a...
Robert Mueller’s team did reach or publish substantive findings on the Steele dossier’s accuracy or provenance; Mueller repeatedly declined to address the dossier in public testimony, stating it was o...