3 times firm contradicted Trump’s claims

1 Researchers weren’t expecting to find what they did The research started as open-ended, but as they uncovered more about Trump’s alleged connections to Russia, Glenn Simpson said he and former British spy Christopher Steele made a decision to go to the FBI. “The purpose of this was to see if we could learn more, generally speaking, about his business dealings in Russia. What came back was something very different and obviously more alarming,” Simpson said. Trump has accused the firm of specifically setting out and colluding with Democrats and even the FBI to find something incriminating on him. 2 There may have been a whistleblower Simpson says Steele told him that the FBI had “other intelligence about this matter from an internal Trump campaign source,” someone “inside the Trump organisation.” Who this person is unclear. It’s also possible Simpson misspoke, confusing a whistleblower with an Australian diplomat who heard a Trump adviser, George Papadopoulos, say he knew Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton. Trump, Attorney-General Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump jnr have all maintained that they did not collude, nor know anyone who colluded with Russia. 3 The FBI indicated it believed some of what was in the memos After Steele gave the FBI a full briefing, the FBI said it believed him, Simpson said. There’s been a growing movement to suggest the dossier was merely a tool the FBI used to investigateTrump. Simpson points out that Steele’s memo alleged members of the campaign were eager to hear information from Russia. A year later, Trump jnr released emails suggesting as much. The dossier also identified former adviser Carter Page as a potential intermediary between the campaign and Russia. Page was wiretapped by the FBI.