Steve Bannon and Kash Patel took a deep dive into Paul Ryan’s involvement with the infamous Steele dossier during a recent segment of Bannon’s War Room. Bannon began the discussion by highlighting Patel’s tweets that criticized Ryan for his concealed role in the dossier’s history. The conversation quickly turned to bombshell revelations from a British court filing that confirmed Ryan’s early possession of the dossier in 2016.
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“I’ve got two tweets about you about my beat down of Paul Ryan the other day about talking about character and you know Trump’s lacks character. You brought two brutal tweets up about Paul Ryan’s character related to the Steele dossier that has not gotten anywhere near the exposure it is. Tell me what you got, brother,” Bannon said.
Kash Patel responded, underscoring the severity of Ryan’s actions. “Hey Steve, great to be with you. Thanks. Remember in 2016, let’s rewind the tape. It was Russia collusion, Russia collusion, Russia collusion. And then speaker Paul Ryan enlisted me and Devin Nunes to investigate the Russia collusion. Nobody knew what the Steele dossier was in 2016. They had already gone to the federal court and unlawfully surveilled Donald Trump with it. But what we didn’t find out until after we completed our investigation in 2018 was that the speaker, Paul Ryan, who charged us with investigating Russiagate, was the first guy to ever get a copy of the Steele dossier in 2016. He never told us. He still never admitted it. It finally was admitted in a British court where Christopher Steele was being sued. Just think about it, Steve. We could have asked, where did you get it? Who did you get it from? How was it paid for? All of these secrets could have come out under this man’s very investigation, but he rigged it from the beginning. So I’m done listening to lectures about the new conservative brand that is Paul Ryan. And anytime he wants to debate me, I’m all in. He charged us with an investigation that he rigged because he didn’t want Donald Trump to succeed. He kneecapped him from the beginning. That guy’s talking about not going to the RNC. No one wants him there. He’s so arrogant. He doesn’t understand the simple fact that we put out the truth.”
Bannon was shocked by the revelation, seeking further confirmation from Patel. “Hold on. Kash, Kash. And I’ll have you back on next week when we get you on Skype. Are you telling me and telling this audience in a British court filing, that Steele filed under penalty of perjury, he identified that Paul Ryan actually had the Steele dossier before he charged you guys at House Intel to look into this. And he never informed Devin Nunes, the chairman of that. That’s, that’s, that’s impossible to believe. Are you sure about this?”
Patel confirmed, emphasizing the significance of the dossier in the investigation and Ryan’s deliberate concealment. “100% accurate. The Steele dossier was handed to Paul Ryan’s chief of staff in 2016. They put out a mealy mouth of retreat to it, response to it, which basically said, oh, we didn’t get it from Christopher Steele directly. They admitted it in court that they had a copy the entire time and they didn’t tell us in 2016. They didn’t tell us in 2017. They didn’t tell us in 2018, the quintessential piece of evidence, which was exposed because I went to DOJ and got the FISA, which the Steele dossier was an entire part of. And Paul Ryan was the one that fought us tooth and nail on, remember, on declassifying it. Now we know why. He had it for sure. He is a total coward.”
Bannon concluded the segment with a promise to delve deeper into the issue: ” This is a blockbuster. We’re going to drill down on this. I’m telling you that the rats and the serpents around President Trump are unbelievable, Kash. I need people to go to not just your website. I need to go to your Twitter feed today over the weekend, drill down. They’re going to be putting up a lot more information. Where do they go?”
Patel directed viewers to his preferred platform for further updates. “Truth Social. You know, I’m not a part of the scam that is censorship. I’m only on Truth Social @Kash. We’re going to put out the documents from the British court pleading itself. You don’t got to take my word for it as a Russiagate lead investigator, just go see it and read it for yourself and show the community. Every time Paul Ryan’s out there on FOX News and everywhere else talking about his righteous sanctimony. Remember, this is a guy that costs Republicans, the House majority, maybe would have hung onto it if Paul Ryan told us he had the Steele dossier from the jump, who he got it to, how much it was paid for having it and why he never told us the truth. Maybe we should be interrogating Paul Ryan under oath.”
Bannon added a final warning, “Oh, we are. Paul Ryan, your turn in the barrel is coming, bro.”