FBI/JAMES COMEY/OBAMA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The FBI released for the first time Friday [12-14-18] night a two-page summary former FBI Director James Comey used to brief President-elect Donald Trump nearly two years ago on a so-called dossier about Trump’s ties to Russia. The version made public Friday could reignite previous criticism from Republicans and Trump allies that the FBI was too vague in its description of the fact that the dossier was funded by the campaign of Trump’s nemesis in the 2016 presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as the Democratic National Committee. Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017, acknowledged during a book tour earlier this year that he did not inform Trump who paid for the research. The brief passage the FBI left unredacted in the newly released memo gives some background on the former British intelligence officer who compiled the dossier, Christopher Steele, although Steele’s name does not actually appear in the newly released version. The released portion of the synopsis is vague about who financed the project, referring to it as sponsored by ‘private clients.’”
–Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney, “FBI releases part of Russia dossier summary used to brief Trump, Obama,” Politico, December 14, 2018 11:03 pm