Empty Dossier?

For John, BLUF:  Investigations can be pernicious things.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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FBI has not verified Trump dossier

From The Washington Examiner, by Opinionator Byron York, 19 November 2017.

Here is the lede plus one:

FBI and Justice Department officials have told congressional investigators in recent days that they have not been able to verify or corroborate the substantive allegations of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign outlined in the Trump dossier.

The FBI received the first installment of the dossier in July 2016. It received later installments as they were written at the height of the presidential campaign, which means the bureau has had more than a year to investigate the allegations in the document. The dossier was financed by the Hillary Clinton campaign and compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.

That does not bother me as much as the fact that the Mueller Investigation seems to leak like a sieve.  I realize that some may feel this is off topic, but it is one of the bothersome parts of the current ongoing investigations.

What is it with Special Council Robert Mueller that he can't seem to keep his people in line?  Or, is that how investigations are done these days, by leaks?  I will allow that there is an alternative storyline, which is that the Press is just making this stuff up as it goes along, figuring that President Trump is guilty and it will come out, or if Mr Trump is exonerated, they can still make him look sticky.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff