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The allegation that Donald Trump was involved in a “golden showers” incident traces directly to the 2016‑era Steele dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele; the doss...
The materials summarize competing claims that the “Russian hoax” narrative involved a mix of political operatives, intelligence officials, journalists, and private researchers who either promoted, inv...
The Steele dossier contains dozens of raw intelligence allegations; available reporting shows some individual pieces have partial corroboration (for example, that Carter Page met with a Rosneft repres...
The specific “golden showers” allegation in the Christopher Steele dossier was never verified and remains unproven; multiple official reviews and reporting found no corroborating evidence while other ...
The Steele dossier is a collection of opposition-research memoranda compiled in 2016 by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele that alleges a network of contacts, financial ties, and possible compromis...
The Steele dossier was a series of raw-intelligence memoranda — 16–17 reports totaling about 35 pages — compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele for Fusion GPS between June and December 2016;...
Christopher Steele is a former British MI6 officer who, working through his firm Orbis Business Intelligence and hired by Fusion GPS, compiled a 35‑page set of intelligence memos in 2016 alleging cont...
Several post-2016 probes and later inquiries touched the question of whether the “Russia collusion” or “Russian hoax” narrative reflected misconduct or warranted fresh investigation. Reporting shows r...
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (IG) concluded in December 2019 that FBI use of the Steele dossier in FISA applications contained serious errors and omissions — including 17 ...