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| Simpson told the House Intelligence Committee in November 2017 that he knew Ohr and that Ohr also knew Steele. According to Simpson’s testimony, Steele suggested Simpson contact Ohr to give him background information.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-bruce-ohr-trump-wife-steele-1078515|title=Who is Bruce Ohr? Trump threatens security clearance of official whose wife helped with Steele dossier|author=Price, Greg|date=August 17, 2018|publisher=Newsweek}}</ref> Steele later met Ohr in Washington, DC.<ref name="20180816WP" />While it has been disclosed that Ohr did pass some information to the FBI, it has not been determined what that information was or what, if anything, the FBI did with it. These three men also had some interest in Russian oligarch ], an employer of ], who was Trump's campaign manager for several months, and it is unclear whether it was Deripaska or Trump who was being referred to in a communication appearing among Ohr's documents where Steele refers to "our favorite business tycoon."<ref name="20180816WP" /> | Simpson told the House Intelligence Committee in November 2017 that he knew Ohr and that Ohr also knew Steele. According to Simpson’s testimony, Steele suggested Simpson contact Ohr to give him background information.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-bruce-ohr-trump-wife-steele-1078515|title=Who is Bruce Ohr? Trump threatens security clearance of official whose wife helped with Steele dossier|author=Price, Greg|date=August 17, 2018|publisher=Newsweek}}</ref> Steele later met Ohr in Washington, DC.<ref name="20180816WP" />While it has been disclosed that Ohr did pass some information to the FBI, it has not been determined what that information was or what, if anything, the FBI did with it. These three men also had some interest in Russian oligarch ], an employer of ], who was Trump's campaign manager for several months, and it is unclear whether it was Deripaska or Trump who was being referred to in a communication appearing among Ohr's documents where Steele refers to "our favorite business tycoon."<ref name="20180816WP" /> | ||
| The ] stated that in September 2016, Steele had told Ohr that he "was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president." Mr. and Mrs. Ohr's relationship to Steele was not included in the ] applications for surveillance of ].<ref name="Fox2">{{cite news|last1=Earl|first1=Jennifer|title=Who is Christopher Steele? What to know about the ex-spy and the Trump dossier|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/02/who-is-christopher-steele-what-to-know-about-ex-spy-and-trump-dossier.html|accessdate=February 3, 2018|publisher=Fox News|date=February 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name="20180816WP" /><ref name=CNN>{{cite news |last=Jarrett |first=Laura |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/15/politics/senate-intel-bruce-ohr/index.html |title=Senate Intel to interview Justice Dept. official with Fusion GPS ties |publisher=CNN |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> The ] was part of the basis for the extension of the ] warrant;<ref name="Fox2"/> Ohr was not assigned to work in counterintelligence operations or known to be involved in obtaining this warrant.<ref name="wpost" /> | The widely-disputed ], authored by Republican staff members under the direction of Trump ally ], who has been criticized for allegedly leaking investigatory information to Trump and friendly media outlets,<ref></Ref> stated that in September 2016, Steele had told Ohr that he "was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president." Mr. and Mrs. Ohr's relationship to Steele was not included in the ] applications for surveillance of ].<ref name="Fox2">{{cite news|last1=Earl|first1=Jennifer|title=Who is Christopher Steele? What to know about the ex-spy and the Trump dossier|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/02/who-is-christopher-steele-what-to-know-about-ex-spy-and-trump-dossier.html|accessdate=February 3, 2018|publisher=Fox News|date=February 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name="20180816WP" /><ref name=CNN>{{cite news |last=Jarrett |first=Laura |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/15/politics/senate-intel-bruce-ohr/index.html |title=Senate Intel to interview Justice Dept. official with Fusion GPS ties |publisher=CNN |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref> The ] was part of the basis for the extension of the ] warrant;<ref name="Fox2"/> Ohr was not assigned to work in counterintelligence operations or known to be involved in obtaining this warrant.<ref name="wpost" /> | ||
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Bruce Genesoke Ohr (born March 16, 1962) is a former United States associate deputy attorney general and former director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. He is a current member of the Senior Executive Service. (OCDETF).
Education
Ohr graduated from Harvard College in 1984 with a degree in physics, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1987. He went on to teach as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Career
Ohr is a career civil servant in the US Department of Justice, rising to the rank of Associate Deputy Attorney General. In late 2017, Ohr was briefly reassigned to head the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). Ohr was demoted by the Department of Justice amid the Senate Intelligence Committee’s discovery of meetings with Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson.
Involvement with Trump-Russia dossier
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Ohr served as a U.S. Department of Justice contact for Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent commissioned to author the Trump–Russia dossier. The dossier was requested by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, co-founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn R Simpson. Fusion GPS also hired Bruce Ohr's wife Nellie, an independent contractor and Russia specialist, to conduct research on Donald Trump, particularly with respect to his Russia activities.
Simpson told the House Intelligence Committee in November 2017 that he knew Ohr and that Ohr also knew Steele. According to Simpson’s testimony, Steele suggested Simpson contact Ohr to give him background information. Steele later met Ohr in Washington, DC.While it has been disclosed that Ohr did pass some information to the FBI, it has not been determined what that information was or what, if anything, the FBI did with it. These three men also had some interest in Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, an employer of Paul Manafort, who was Trump's campaign manager for several months, and it is unclear whether it was Deripaska or Trump who was being referred to in a communication appearing among Ohr's documents where Steele refers to "our favorite business tycoon."
The widely-disputed Nunes memo, authored by Republican staff members under the direction of Trump ally Devin Nunes, who has been criticized for allegedly leaking investigatory information to Trump and friendly media outlets, stated that in September 2016, Steele had told Ohr that he "was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president." Mr. and Mrs. Ohr's relationship to Steele was not included in the FISA applications for surveillance of Carter Page. The Steele dossier was part of the basis for the extension of the FISA warrant; Ohr was not assigned to work in counterintelligence operations or known to be involved in obtaining this warrant.
References
- Gibson, Jake (January 8, 2018). "DOJ official who concealed meetings with Trump dossier figures loses another job title". Fox News. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Zapotosky, Matt; Reinhard, Beth (February 2, 2018). "Why the Nunes memo takes aim at a Justice Dept. official specializing in gangs and drugs". The Washington Post.
- Jessica McBride (December 8, 2017). "Bruce Ohr & Nellie Ohr: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy.com.
- "Faculty". gufaculty360.georgetown.edu.
- ^ Kessler, Glenn (August 16, 2018). "Who is Bruce Ohr and why does Trump keep tweeting about him?". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ Jarrett, Laura (December 15, 2017). "Senate Intel to interview Justice Dept. official with Fusion GPS ties". CNN. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- Gibson, Jake (December 31, 2017). "Fusion GPS admits DOJ official's wife Nellie Ohr hired to probe Trump". Fox News. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- Price, Greg (August 17, 2018). "Who is Bruce Ohr? Trump threatens security clearance of official whose wife helped with Steele dossier". Newsweek.
- ^ Earl, Jennifer (February 2, 2018). "Who is Christopher Steele? What to know about the ex-spy and the Trump dossier". Fox News. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
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