an october 2016 for the fisa warrant as well as subsequent renewal applications, the fbi repeatedlyte represented to the fisa court that mr. steele told the fbi he did not have unauthorized contacts with the press about the dossier prior to october 2016. that is false. the phis applications make these claims specifically in the context of the september 2016as yahoo! news article. mr. steele has admitted publicly before a court of law that he did have such contacts with the press at this time and his former business partner, mr. simpson, had confirmed it to the committee. thus, the fisa applications are either materially false in claiming that mr. steele said he did not provide dossier information to thepr press prior to october 2016, or mr. steele made materially false statements to the fbi when he claimed he only provided the dossier information to his business partner and thene fbi. page seven continues.