Author Of Trump Russian Dossier Breaks 18-Month Silence

Christopher Steele

SKY News: Ex-MI6 spy's veiled swipe at Donald Trump revealed

Christopher Steele says it is hard to speak "unpalatable truths to power" as he features on Vanity Fair's influential people list.

Christopher Steele, the former MI6 officer behind the Russia dossier on Donald Trump, has broken 18 months of silence with a veiled swipe at the US president.

He has written about the importance of speaking "truths to power", a possible reference to the allegations he made about collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the run-up to the US presidential election two years ago.

Sky News has seen the text of an email written by Mr Steele to the editor of Vanity Fair after he was chosen to feature on its list of the 100 most influential people in the media, politics, entertainment and finance.

The 54-year-old wrote: "In these strange and troubling times, it is hard to speak unpalatable truths to power, but I believe we all still have a duty to do so.

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