They could have been used as a pretext for a search warrant, just like the fabricated Steele dossier was a pretext to spy on Trump's 2016 campaign. .
Originally Posted by lustylad
You're ignorance of this matter is showing if you believe the Steele dossier was the start of the Trump/Russian ties.
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/do...-of-this/#main
After the GOP memo was released, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, also a member of the intelligence committee, said the dossier didn’t have any effect on the Russia investigation. “I actually don’t think it has any impact on the Russia probe,” Gowdy said on Feb. 4, 2018, on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Gowdy mentioned other incidents that had nothing to do with the dossier, including Papadopoulos’ contacts with the professor and the June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting Donald Trump Jr. arranged with what he was told was a “Russian government attorney” offering incriminating information on Hillary Clinton. “So there’s going to be a Russia probe, even without a dossier.”