Rechter beveelt openbaring getuigenverklaringen Christopher Steele. (dailycaller.com)

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U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro overruled requests by Steele and David Kramer, the former McCain associate, to keep depositions they gave in the BuzzFeed lawsuit under seal. Ungaro dismissed a lawsuit filed against BuzzFeed on Dec. 19, 2018, by Aleksej Gubarev, a Russian businessman accused in the dossier of using his companies to hack into DNC computers.

The depositions by Steele and Kramer, a former Department of State official, are likely to shed light on how the dossier was compiled and disseminated to U.S. government officials and the press. Ungaro ordered the documents’ release for March 14.

Kramer, a former State Department official, provided the dossier to a BuzzFeed reporter Dec. 28, 2016, several weeks after meeting with Steele in London. (RELATED: David Kramer Gave Dossier To BuzzFeed)

Steele was hired in June 2016 by opposition research firm Fusion GPS to investigate then-candidate Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. He produced 17 separate memos dated between June 20, 2016, and Dec. 13, 2016, alleging a vast conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Kremlin to influence the election.
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Though the document remains unverified, the FBI cited Steele’s report extensively in applications to obtain surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

The dossier suffered a heavy blow Wednesday, during the congressional testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Cohen denied, under oath, he visited Prague during the 2016 campaign, as the dossier alleges.

Steele, a former MI6 official, claimed Cohen visited Kremlin officials in Prague to discuss paying off Russian hackers.
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Wat moeten we hiermee Proem?

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Één van de claims van Steele, waarop een groot deel van het niet geverifieerde rapport berust, is dat Cohen in Praag was geweest.
Dit blijkt echter niet waar te zijn (het was een andere Cohen) en Cohen heeft dit nu nogmaals, onder eed, ontkent.

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Steele claimed that Cohen visited Prague in August 2016 to meet with Kremlin officials to discuss making non-traceable payments to hackers. (RELATED: Here’s Why You Should Be Skeptical Of The McClatchy Story Claiming Cohen Was In Prague)

Cohen denied the claim after BuzzFeed published the dossier on Jan. 10, 2017. Cohen’s claim also undercuts numerous news reports that claimed evidence supports the dossier.

McClatchy has published two reports that claimed that the special counsel’s office has evidence that Cohen visited Prague. Cohen has denied both.

Cohen began cooperating with the special counsel’s investigation in July 2018. He has been sentenced to three years in prison on various charges, including tax evasion, bank fraud, and making false statements to Congress.

In his testimony Wednesday, he said that he has no evidence that President Trump or members of the campaign colluded with Russia.
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https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/27/michael-cohen-prague-steele-dossier/