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navitasan
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1) As the FBI worked to corroborate the dossier's allegations, it would have been important to know the Democrat's role in feeding information for it because it bore upon his “reliability, motivations, and potential bias as a source," according to the indictment.

Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-an ... 21368.html

What do the 'it's in bold letters stand for?

I think the 'it' in 'for it' might be the FBI. But could it be 'the dossier'?
Feeding information for the dossier? Doesn't sound quite right.

I think the second 'it' might refer to 'the Democrat's role in ....'. but how does his role bear upon his reliability? It is the other way around. His reliability bears on his role...

I find the sentence confusing.

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Navi
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News reports like this are often written in a hurry, and this one is badly written and confusing. As you say, the ‘it’ pronouns have multiple possible meanings!
I think “for it” is meant to refer to the dossier.
And “it bore upon his reliability, …” probably means the identity or role of the Democrat who supplied the info is relevant to his reliability.
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