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A critical element in this story is the infamous Steele dossier. Originally funded by the Clinton campaign, it was a collection of opposition research containing Russian fingerprints—completely false and unverified. Despite its fraudulent nature, intelligence officials leaned heavily on it to justify allegations of Russian hacking. Three years later, it was admitted that the dossier played a role in the Obama intelligence assessment—yet it was known to be fake.