Okay, time for a conspiracy theory (because I love them): why the FBI didn't fully investigate the dossier:
What's been reported is that ex MI6 spy Christopher Steele gave his findings to the FBI in the summer, but, feeling that the FBI wasn't taking them seriously, started leaking them to the media in October. We have no idea who in the FBI Steele gave them to; a guy like him probably has multiple contacts in every agency. However, we do know who some of his contacts are: in 2010, he met with the New York FBI squad and subsequently investigated FIFA on their behalf as part of the investigation that brought down Blatter. Perhaps he had someone in that office that he trusted with this information. This is the same FBI office with strong ties to Guiliani, and would eventually press Comey to release the half-baked Anthony Weiner email disclosure. If Steele released the document to someone in that office and any further investigation required the approval of one of Guiliani's buddies, it's no wonder it didn't go anywhere.
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