Opposition research company Fusion GPS hired Christopher Steele and Nellie Ohr to produce the Trump dossier.

CHRISTOPHER STEELE

Former British spy, founding director of Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd.

Steele was paid over $160,000 by the Clinton campaign and the DNC via the law firm Perkins Coie and Fusion GPS. The memo reveals the FBI had also authorized payment to Steele for the same information.

Steele was terminated by the FBI as a source after telling media organization Mother Jones about his relationship with the FBI. According to the memo, Steele should have been fired earlier as he had concealed his other relationships with media organizations.

After he was terminated by the FBI, Steele maintained contact with the DOJ via senior official Bruce Ohr.