lots of dodgy info in here, in case the WaPo article hasn’t been posted on FR as yet. everyone is attempting to cover themselves before the dam breaks:
9 Feb: Breitbart: Former State Dept. Official: I Fed Oppo Research from Sidney Blumenthal to Christopher Steele
by Kristina Wong
Former Obama State Department official Jonathan Winer, in an attempt to come clean and shape the narrative before being exposed, confirmed that he passed on a dossier from Clinton operatives to the author of the infamous Trump dossier.
In an op-ed in the Washington Post on Thursday titled Devin Nunes is investigating me. Heres the truth, Winer publicly confirmed reports that he had passed on a report he received from Clinton operatives to dossier author Christopher Steele in the fall of 2016, right before the election.
He also confirmed that those Clinton operatives were aware of the dossier effort making Hillary Clintons denials of knowing about the dossier even less credible than they were already...
He also made a plea for Americans to turn their attention away from the FBI and his role in the investigation and back to Russian interference and whether Trump colluded...
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/09/former-state-dept-official-i-fed-oppo-research-from-sidney-blumenthal-to-christopher-steele/
no way, Winer, the focus is on your and the rest of the Obama/Clinton cronies.
Yep, Winer is doing pre-spin.
You can bet he’s a “cooperating witness” adding to the IG report at this point.