EXCLUSIVE: Former British spy Christopher Steele criticized the Mueller report and DOJ officials, in his first public remarks since his notorious ‘Steele Dossier’ on Trump’s relationship with Russia was published in 2017 trib.al/lYvxx4B
Steele described the probe into Russian interference as having failed to do any “drilling down into financial networks and leverage” and criticized the report for being “too narrow” trib.al/lYvxx4B
Steele said he cooperated with the inquiry over “4 to 5 months” but had seen some “very bad qualities” of U.S. officials, who he accused of acting in “bad faith” trib.al/lYvxx4B
The dossier alleged that Russian intelligence had spent many years compromising Trump—including rumors that he had been filmed in a Moscow hotel engaging in lewd acts with prostitutes trib.al/lYvxx4B
Some of his claims were dismissed by the Mueller report, but Steele maintained that he was still confident in his report’s conclusions and the “integrity” of his work and sources trib.al/lYvxx4B
