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-Lurid Crime Tales-
British ex-spy will not talk to U.S. prosecutor examining Trump probe origins
2019-05-29
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.

Steele, who had previously collaborated with the FBI on issues such as corruption in the global soccer organization FIFA, was hired in 2016 by Fusion GPS, a Washington-based private investigations firm working for lawyers representing the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Steele produced for Fusion GPS a set of controversial and sometimes salacious reports describing alleged contacts Trump and his team had with Russians before the election.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  The path feels in some ways like the middle 1930's in Europe, and the trajectory seems to be shaping for the same kind of terminus.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-05-29 18:21  

#12  We have a real problem on our hands now. The deep state and the dems have a number of projects in progress for fixing the outcomes of any so called election.

  • Popular vote by the back door, not amending the constitution;

  • Putting so called green initiatives through the states one by one

  • Going for impeachment in the House in an effort to tie up the President

  • Cherry picking judges to prevent any action for control of the border

  • Having the Speaker of the House let the islamic radical house members have their agenda pushed forward

  • Dems fighting any ID necessary in voting



And a whole lot more. They are at war with our constitution and our Republic. They are the enemy, just like ISIS and alQ.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2019-05-29 16:28  

#11  When they try, and power, water, and food gets cut off to the democrat strongholds and they die of starvation and internal strife, they will then be the least populated sections of the country.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-05-29 16:26  

#10  While we all watch the ball on Russia and the collusion our constitutional right have been removed. We are no longer a Republic. This is a train wreck of constitutional crisis that in a few months will be too late to fix, by 2020 at least. When the blue states conspired to vote and give their electors to the popular vote, they have, in essence conspired to change our constitution from Republic to a full democracy. The smaller states are now cut out of their right for a fair election. Our constitutional right to vote has been removed. Why vote when the vote will go to six counties in New York. When you look at the demographic of the last election, and apply this new action buy states, New York will be the only state that needs to vote. This whole process needs to get in front of the supreme court for a constitutional look. The argument I have heard here is we elected our state leaders and they changed it so its on us. Not true, no representative, state or otherwise, can take our god given rights away. This needs to be resolved or the next election will never get resolved and we will have a real problem on our hands...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-05-29 13:17  

#9  Rendition time, send him to a black site and figure it out....
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-05-29 13:06  

#8  Maybe the Russians could snatch him up for us.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-05-29 12:16  

#7  Mr. Steele (not to be confused with Chris Steel, gay sex star from the late 90s), claims he has now been exposed to certain murderous Russian oligarchs and is hiding with his family in an undisclosed location.

Friends of the rich intelligence mercenary say he has recurring dreams of flaming orange hair and a large man in a suit swaggering toward him.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-05-29 11:08  

#6  Steele needs some refresher training on waterbording. To make sure he can stand up to it if captured by Martians or something.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-05-29 08:46  

#5  McStain started it...
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-05-29 08:38  

#4  Appears to be some turmoil at #10. Probably just a coincidence.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-05-29 07:15  

#3  He's the person who "interfered with" the 2016 election. I say cut GCHQ off cold until he is handed over.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-05-29 07:10  

#2  His report was funded the Democrats.
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-05-29 07:06  

#1  Steele, who had previously collaborated with the FBI on issues such as corruption....

Well there you have it. I'm sure the FBI and CIA can provide us a full accounting of Mr. Steele's activities and contacts.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-05-29 07:06  

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