Overview

• Newly declassified oversight reviews contradict earlier public assurances by intelligence leaders that the Steele dossier did not influence official assessments.
• Special Counsel Durham’s report confirms that senior figures including John Brennan, James Clapper, Joe Biden, Loretta Lynch and James Comey were briefed on allegations of a fabricated Trump-Russia narrative before the 2016 election.
• Despite evidence of dossier use in securing FISA warrants against Carter Page and launching the Crossfire Hurricane probe, the Durham investigation yielded only one plea deal and no major convictions.
• A DOJ strike force is examining criminal referrals and reported FBI inquiries into former officials, though no new indictments have been announced so far.
• Conservative watchdogs and lawmakers are pressing for criminal prosecutions of former FBI and CIA leaders and fundamental reforms of both agencies to prevent future politicization.