Dem Promoters Of Debunked Steele Dossier Suddenly Indignant That FBI's Hunter Source Was Possible Russian Spy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "Democratic California Rep. Adam Schiff was among the leading purveyors of the Steele dossier's since-debunked contents, repeatedly appearing on television programs to assert that Trump and Russia had colluded and that ample evidence existed to support that conclusion.
34% : Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman of New York, whom House Democrats appointed to be senior advisor and director of investigations for the House Intelligence Committee during the first set of impeachment proceedings against Trump in 2019, has made his views clear.
27% : It seems to me like the most likely hoax is Donald Trump, who's been manipulated by Putin for a long time, or is certainly in love with Vladimir Putin.
26% : Numerous Democrats promoted the Steele dossier -- a document sourced by an FBI informant once suspected of being a Russian spy detailing numerous debunked claims about Russia compromising and colluding with Trump -- and it effectively sparked a federal investigation into the Trump campaign that stretched well into his presidency.
22% : Goldman claimed in 2021 that "the Trump administration withheld evidence that definitively proves collusion" and that "there is no longer any doubt about collusion" between Trump and Russia, after stating in 2020 that "there not only was evidence of collusion but there was, in fact, collusion.
20% : Swalwell previously stated that Trump and his inner circle were "compromised" in a X post from 2017, and he asserted in 2018 that the House Intelligence Committee "unearthed evidence of collusion and [Republicans were] seeking to bury it" and that it was "pretty clear [Trump] colluded with Russia.
16% : "This is all part of a propaganda and disinformation campaign by Russia attempting to help Donald Trump," House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin said on CNN Tuesday evening, referencing the explosive claims made about Smirnov in a legal filing unsealed Tuesday.
8% : Raskin previously promoted the contents of the Steele dossier, which was funded by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, and assertions that Russia had compromised Trump as legitimate.

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