Ex-MI6 spy behind Trump sex claims goes back to work
THE former British spy who claimed Donald Trump had been snared in a Russian sex plot appeared in public yesterday for the first time since his explosive dossier was revealed.
Christopher Steele returned to work after waiting for the furore surrounding the allegations to die down.
The Cambridge graduate, 52, wrote an intelligence report claiming Moscow agents filmed Mr Trump watching prostitutes perform sex acts on each other.
But as he arrived at his London office, he refused to answer questions about the dossier, which was based on information gathered before the US President launched his political career.
The ex-MI6 officer returned to work at his security firm Orbis Business Intelligence.
He said: “I’m really pleased to be back here working again.
“I’d like to say a warm thank you to everyone who sent me kind messages and support over the last few weeks. I won’t be making any further statements or comments at this time.”
Mr Steele went into hiding in January after the secret 35-page file, alleging Russia had gathered compromising material on the new President, became public.
The file suggested agents had secretly filmed Mr Trump watching a sex show at a Moscow hotel.
He was said to have chosen a suite which had previously been slept in by Barack and Michelle Obama during an official visit.
It also claimed the maverick Republican had multiple contacts with Moscow officials during the presidential election campaign.
Sources cited in the file alleged the property tycoon had been cultivated for up to five years in a bid to destabilise the West.
However, Mr Trump said: “The phoney allegations against me were put together by my political opponents and a failed spy afraid of being sued.
“Made-up facts by sleaze-bag political operatives – Democrats and Republicans. Fake news.”
Orbis yesterday defended its “track record of strategic intelligence, forensic investigation and risk consulting services”.