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When a guest at a private dinner party hosted by Vanity Fair asked him for his business card, he thought it was a fan who wanted his autograph, so he picked up his place card and signed it. The Steele dossier claimed that the Russian government had been cultivating, supporting and assisting Donald Trump for several years. Steele sold his life rights to a Hollywood studio owned by George Clooney. Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, the founders of Fusion GPS, wrote a book about the dossier that became a best seller. Since 2016, some big namesboth inside the government and outhave. “It’s my birthday.”Īt the time, those involved with the dossier were intent on controlling its narrative and eager to capitalize on their fame. 61 Hacks Who Peddled Russian Collusion And Should Never Be Trusted Again. When he opened his door, he was wearing plaid boxer shorts and a blue T-shirt and had a serious case of bed head. In photographs, the retired MI6 agent was always dressed impeccably in business suits, his graying hair freshly coifed. Washington CNN When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world. Steele’s home in Farnham, a picturesque English village. So on an early summer morning in 2019, I arrived at Mr. The firm’s founders, two former Wall Street Journal reporters, made it clear they would not talk to me for a book I was writing about the business of private intelligence. Steele had been hired by an investigative firm called Fusion GPS to gather dirt about Donald J. But whats interesting, if you look at Trumps initial response to the Steele dossier.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Mr. Jane Mayer is an author and staff writer at The New Yorker.
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