Because we already knew that Steele was on the payroll as a human source for the FBI for an unknown period of time, despite the fact they knew the dossier wasn't real. They've never revealed what info he fed to them, and God only knows the exact amount they actually paid him. I'm sure it wasn't what they claimed it was.
Because we already knew that Steele was on the payroll as a human source for the FBI for an unknown period of time
Did you know they offered Steele $1,00,000?
And here's the biggy, did you know Steele would decline and or would not corroborate the allegations in the dossier?