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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Senate calls British spy Chris Steele to give evidence on explosive Trump Russia dossier
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-christopher-steele-dossier-us-senate-intelligence-hotel-british-spy-mi6-evidence-a7608456.htmlChristopher Steele, the former MI6 spy who prepared the explosive Trump report, has been approached about testifying before the US Senate Intelligence Committees investigation into the new Presidents alleged links with Russia, The Independent can reveal.
Mr Steeles friends say it is currently unlikely he would be willing to travel to the US. But it is understood Democrats as well as some Republicans in Congress are prepared to facilitate discreet initial meetings in the UK or on other neutral territory.
John McCain, the former Republican presidential candidate, and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent an intermediary to London in November last year to collect Mr Steeles dossier, which was subsequently passed personally by the Senator to FBI director James Comey.
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And Mr Steele had, while carrying out his Trump inquiry, himself liaised for regular periods with the bureau.
Mr Trump has personally attacked Mr Steele, declaring the report on the Kremlin connection by the former MI6 officer as a fabricated work, put together by a failed spy.
In reality, Mr Steele was, and continues to be, held in high regard by British security and intelligence services as well as the American security officials who worked with him in the past.
It emerged this week that the FBI had, at one stage, proposed to pay him to continue his investigation into Mr Trump and his associates.
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Shit just got real....
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)So filled with lies, but he lied in a very Presidential way.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)so that's a big step toward being a real Preznit.
WheelWalker
(8,960 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)for all things related to a presidential scandal...
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)We do have the technology..don't we??? No reason to delay...
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Oh, my!
My, my, my!
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I wouldn't trust anybody but those I have known for a loooooong time. I certainly wouldn't trust ANYBODY from the US government.
Nobody across the pond will try to force him to come here or do ANYTHING to endanger him.
I have no idea how they will talk to him, but we shouldn't hear a word about it if it's set up.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,440 posts)From last week's Private Eye (sort of the British equivalent of Spy magazine):
Freethinker65
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