The former British intelligence officer said in a statement released by his legal team on Tuesday that he was previously given 'highly redacted' portions of Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report, which contained 'numerous inaccuracies and misleading statements.' Steele said
Christopher Steele, the author of the controversial"Steele dossier" and a central figure in the Justice Department inspector general's report on the Russia investigation, says the report included"several serious errors and misstatements."
"Orbis Business Intelligence and Christopher Steele have cooperated voluntarily and fully with the OIG’s investigation," Steele's legal team said in the statement, referring to the Office of the Inspector General."Orbis also provided the OIG team unprecedented access to Orbis internal company documentation, including contemporaneous memoranda of meetings with the FBI."
Horowitz, whose review looked into the role that Steele's dossier played in the FBI investigation, determined that the FBI did not rely upon Steele's reporting in opening the investigation, according to his report released on Monday. However, Horowitz noted that the FBI relied heavily on Steele's reporting for its FISA applications to conduct surveillance on Page.
Story continuesSteele's team also alleged in the statement that contrary to the IG report's"apparent suggestion" that none of his reporting about Page has been corroborated, Page's own statements as well as special counsel Robert Mueller's report, released earlier this year, supported some of the key aspects of his firm's research.
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