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.