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Bruce Ohr said Christopher Steele was worried about Comey testimony, FBI notes show

By Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin
Published August 9, 2019 3:37am ET
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Bruce Ohr said Christopher Steele was worried about Comey testimony, FBI notes show
Christopher Steele, who compiled an explosive and unproven dossier on President Trump’s purported activities in Russia, is pictured. | (Victoria Jones/AP Photo)

British ex-spy Christopher Steele was worried about what FBI Director James Comey might say in testimony to Congress, according to newly released FBI documents.

The author of the anti-Trump dossier was particularly concerned with what Sen. Chuck Grassley could ask during a hearing on May 3, 2017, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr told FBI agents a week later.

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