Notice that the end of each sentence contains a paragraph symbol (¶) and numerical value. This signals to the court that the assertions made in the “Statement of Fact” section are actually supported. Most of the rest of the assertions made in the Cohen-Harrison “Statement of Fact” section contain cited references to Harrison’s declaration. The Steele dossier paragraph is the only paragraph in the “Statement of Fact” section which does not contain a single reference to Harrison’s sworn affidavit.

In fact, one look at the declaration signed by Harrison shows that he doesn’t make any declarations about the Steele dossier at all.

Therefore, as national security journalist Marcy Wheeler noted:

"Cohen would like Judge Kimba Wood to believe that the dossier has been debunked. But his lawyer is unwilling to stake his own legal reputation on the claim."