Second TrumpRussia dossier being probed by FBI

WASHINGTON: The FBI inquiry into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US presidential election has been given a second memo that independently set out many of the same allegations made in a dossier by Christopher Steele, the British former spy. The memo was written by Cody Shearer, a controversial political activist and former journalist who was close to the Clinton White House in the 1990s. Unlike Steele, Shearer does not have a background in espionage, and his memo was initially viewed with scepticism. However, the Guardian has been told the FBI investigation is still assessing details in the memo and is pursuing intriguing leads.