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.
