Notes for my next column after going over the Kramer deposition:



1. The Steele dossier was *never* supposed to become a public document.



It was meant to be a 'deep background' source for strategic leaks by the media reporters Kramer/Steele/Simpson leaked it to.

2. Before the election, the Steele dossier was a deep background source shown to media reporters so they could engage in a series of strategic leaks alleging Russian collusion targeting Trump & his campaign team.



Resulting media frenzy would discredit Trump's campaign.