Remember that lurid and much-maligned dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump's campaign? It seems to be in less disrepute now. The FBI used it last year as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, officials say. It has also been cited by Director James Comey in recent weeks in some of his briefings to Congress. Investigators are said to have done their own work, separate from the dossier, to support their findings.
From CNN:
US investigators say they have corroborated some aspects of the allegations, particularly the conversations between foreign nationals that took place as described in the reports. Comey hasn't mentioned the dossier in all his briefings to lawmakers, according to people familiar with the briefings. To some of them, he has emphasized that the FBI gathered evidence as part of its investigation to support seeking FISA court approval and to take other steps as part of the probe that began last July, according to the officials briefed of the probe.
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