Tuesday, May 28, 2019

British Ex-Spy Responsible For Russian Dossier Will Not Talk To The U.S. Prosecutor

Christopher Steele, CBS

Reuters: British ex-spy will not talk to U.S. prosecutor examining Trump probe origins: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former British spy who produced a dossier describing alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia will not cooperate with a prosecutor assigned by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review how the investigations of Trump and his 2016 election campaign began, a source with knowledge of the situation said.

Christopher Steele, a former Russia expert for the British spy agency MI6, will not answer questions from prosecutor John Durham, named by Barr to examine the origins of the investigations into Trump and his campaign team, said the source close to Steele’s London-based private investigation firm, Orbis Business Intelligence.

Trump has given Barr broad authority to declassify intelligence materials related to the investigations. Last week Trump ordered the heads of U.S. spy and law enforcement agencies to cooperate with Durham.

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Update #1: Christopher Steele won’t cooperate with John Durham review of Russia investigation (Washington Examiner)
Update #2: 'Fake Dossier'-Creator Steele Refuses To Cooperate With AG Barr's Probe (Zero Hedge)

WNU Editor: He is not the only one who is going to face U.S. prosecutors .... 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall' on Obama's Bad Cops and Spies (Charles Lipson, RCP). Not surprising, those in the media who pushed the Russian collusion story are now the same people who are saying that investigating the investigators is dangerous .... William Barr’s New Authority to Declassify Anything He Wants Is a Threat to National Security (Joshua A. Geltzer and Mary B. McCord, Slate). This show (I predict) is going to be a reverse on what has happened in the past two years.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why would he? how many of Trump people talking to Congress?

Mike Feldhake said...

Because Trump has decided enough is enough, he played their game for two years and the report is out - its over. Why is that so hard to understand!?

Anonymous said...

Not a single Trump person appeared before Congress when Dems have requested thus far. Why should people meekly now do as Trump wants? tit for tat

Anonymous said...

"Not a single Trump person appeared before Congress when Dems have requested this far."
Are you sure squirrel?

Bob Huntley said...

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