Faced with libel lawsuit, dossier drafter Christopher Steele hedges on linking Trump to RussiaChristopher Steele Wants Trump's Russian Deals ExaminedBy Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Christopher Steele, the former British spy who fueled an ongoing investigation into President Trump’s administration, was a lot more confident of his charges when he wrote his now-notorious 2016 dossier than he is today in defending it in a libel lawsuit.
While Mr. Steele stated matter-of-factly in his dossier that collusion between Mr. Trump and the Russian government took place, he called it only “possible†months later in court filings. While he confidently referred to “trusted†sources inside the Kremlin, in court he referred to the dossier’s “limited intelligence.â€
In recent weeks, the dossier of opposition research has taken on added importance in the debate over the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into suspected Russia coordination and whether it is biased against Trump people. Congressional Republicans are demanding that the FBI explain how the deeply contested, Democrat-financed document took on such importance in a major government investigation. ...
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