His paternal grandfather was a coal miner from Pontypridd in Wales. His parents, Perris and Janet, met while working at the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national weather service. 4.6.4 Senate Republicans' referral for a criminal investigationĬhristopher David Steele was born in the Yemeni city of Aden (then part of the British-controlled Federation of South Arabia), on 24 June 1964.4.6.2 Role in subsequent investigations.4.6.1 Role in the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation.4.1 Background and information gathering.3.2 Attempts by China to influence UK elite.The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee concluded in an April 2018 report that the probe had been triggered by previous information from Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, and the February 2018 Nunes memo, written by staff members for that committee, reached the same conclusion. intelligence community probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election were launched due to Steele's dossier. Trump and his allies have falsely claimed the U.S.

The dossier claims, based on anonymous sources, Russia collected a file of compromising information on Donald Trump. Steele became the centre of controversy after he authored a dossier for multiple clients, including an attorney associated with the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. In 2009, he co-founded Orbis Business Intelligence, a London-based private intelligence firm. He ran the Russia desk at MI6 headquarters in London between 20. Christopher David Steele (born 24 June 1964) is a British former intelligence officer with the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1987 until his retirement in 2009.

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