“We don’t believe the Steele dossier was the trigger for the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling,” they wrote. The Steele dossier first came to public attention a year ago, when it was published by Buzzfeed. The memos written by a former British intelligence agent and Russia expert, Christopher Steele, made a series of allegations, including multiple secret meetings between Trump campaign officials and Russian agents. Trump has decried all the allegations as false, and has adamantly denied there was any collusion between his campaign and Russia. Simpson also denied knowledge of a 9 June 2016 meeting that took place between Trump campaign officials, including Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, and some Russian officials.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2018 13:30 UTC