Weissmann was kept "in the loop" on the dossier, a source said, while he was chief of the criminal fraud division. Ohr's broad circle of contacts indicates members of FBI leadership knew about his backchannel activities regarding the dossier and Steele. "When they went to court, the FBI knew three important things. The senior Democrats continued: "When Mr. Steele subsequently reached out to Mr. Ohr with additional information, Mr. Ohr appropriately handed it off to FBI investigators to assess its credibility and potentially corroborate with other evidence. At the time, Mr. Ohr was the Director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and it was not his job to vet the accuracy of this information himself."

Source: Fox News August 30, 2018 22:30 UTC