Christopher Steele Defends Controversial Trump-Russia Dossier

Former MI6 cause Christopher Steele, the writer of the arguable “Steele Dossier,” which contains allegations of misconduct, conspiracy, and practice betwixt erstwhile President Donald Trump’s run and Russian operatives anterior to and during the 2016 wide election. The dossier was published in afloat by Buzzfeed News in January 2017.

“I basal by the enactment we did, the sources that we had, and the professionalism which we applied to it,” Steele told ABC News successful an upcoming documentary, “Out of the Shadows: The Man Behind the Steele Dossier.”

Steele besides addressed the beingness of a alleged “pee-pee tape.”

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Steele says his concern spouse and woman implored him not to see the astir salacious allegations against Donald Trump successful his dossier, but helium insists to @GStephanopoulos, “We person to enactment existent to the intelligence.”

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The tape, the dossier alleges, reveals that Trump, portion staying astatine the Ritz-Carlton successful Moscow successful 2013, hired prostitutes to execute a aureate showers amusement connected the edifice furniture wherever erstwhile President Barack Obama had antecedently slept.

“I deliberation it astir apt does [exist], but I would not enactment 100 percent certainty connected it,” Steele said of the alleged tape.

As for wherefore the Russians ne'er released the tape, Steele said, “It hasn’t needed to beryllium released … I deliberation the Russians felt they’d got beauteous bully worth retired of Donald Trump erstwhile helium was president of the U.S.”

Trump brought up “golden showers” during a backstage code astatine the National Republican Senatorial Committee retreat, according to a Washington Post report.

“I’m not into aureate showers,” helium said, unprompted. He added that his wife, erstwhile First Lady Melania Trump, did not judge the allegation either.