Steele's report about the bully's ties with Russia was funded indirectly by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party.

I don't see anything scandalous about this; it is normal for campaigns to investigate possible scandals of their opponents.

The real issue about Steele's report is that various points can't be directly corroborated.

They may be true, but the report does not prove them.

That was explicitly clear in the report itself.