2016 election. but ohr's work emails conflict with simpson's testimony showing multiple contacts months earlie earlier. ohr's wife nellie worked for fusion gps for the trump dossier project. based on former british spy christopher steele's research. after the fbi dropped steele as a source, the house committee found that steele maintained contact using ohr as a back channel. in december 2016, 1 month after the election, ohr's notes indicated a connection. in the portfolio, doj did not include russia but a leading house republican said he was a key player in the intermediary. bruce ohr's wife worked for the firm that gave them the dossier. it was never supposed to work that way in the united states of america, but in fact it did.