US Senate calls British spy Chris Steele to give evidence on explosive Trump Russia dossier

[sunonmars]

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.html

Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy who prepared the explosive Trump report, has been approached about testifying before the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into the new President’s alleged links with Russia, The Independent can reveal.

Mr Steele’s 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 Steele’s 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]

1. McCain is trying to set it all up.....grab your popcorn.

[guillaumeb]

2. But what about Trump's speech?

So filled with lies, but he lied in a very Presidential way.

[lagomorph777]

5. He got through a whole hour without a bottle or a diaper change

so that's a big step toward being a real Preznit.

[WheelWalker]

3. Today's John Dean

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. I looked for a John Dean message today..he is my barometer

for all things related to a presidential scandal...

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. Why not have a conference call - SKYP - from an undisclosed locale...

We do have the technology..don't we??? No reason to delay...

[sunonmars]

7. I imagine, Steele is hiding for his life, they are bound to have a hit out on him.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. For real?

Oh, my!
My, my, my!

[Are_grits_groceries]

9. Steele is in hiding. And I mean hiding.

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]

11. Not such amazing hiding, apparently

From last week's Private Eye (sort of the British equivalent of Spy magazine):

[Freethinker65]

10. Stay safe Mr. Steele