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Byron York: Did dossier trigger the Trump-Russia probe?

By Byron York
Published November 13, 2017 2:15am ET
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Byron York: Did dossier trigger the Trump-Russia probe?
What is absolutely clear is that, beyond any investigation, the dossier has proven enormously useful politically to the president's adversaries. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Evan Vucci

The FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump-Russia affair shortly after receiving the first installment of an anti-Trump dossier from a former British spy working for the Hillary Clinton campaign. What congressional investigators want to know is whether that was a coincidence or not.

The first report in the dossier compiled by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele was dated June 20, 2016.

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