Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe knew in advance that CNN was about to publish its story regarding the Steele Dossier. McCabe also knew CNN’s internal reasoning for running the story and about a leak made to CNN about a closed-door meeting between then-President Elect Donald Trump and then-FBI Director James Comey.
The Steele dossier was a piece of opposition research put together by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid opposition research firm Fusion GPS through a law firm to compile the dossier. Fusion GPS hired Steele, who in turn used second- and thirdhand sources close to the Kremlin for the material. Fusion GPS also received money from Russia while Steele worked on the dossier.
