This episode contains strong language. The Steele Dossier — compiled by Christopher Steele, a British former spy — was born out of opposition research on Donald J. Trump, then a presidential candidate, and his supposed links to Russia.The document, full of salacious allegations, captured and cleaved America. But now, a main source of the dossier’s findings — Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst — has been charged with lying to federal investigators.Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.Sign up here to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: Mr. Trump and his backers say revelations about the Steele dossier show the Russia investigation was a “hoax.” That is not what the facts indicate.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
The recent arrest of the main source for the Trump-Russia dossier, Igor Danchenko, sheds light on the document's effect on various government officials, the media, and the public.
A discussion on the Steele Dossier and how its circulation impacted the Trump Presidency.
The Democratic candidacy of Hillary Clinton funded private investigators to do research on Trump after receiving salacious claims from Christopher Steele about Trump being a foreign asset. A wealthy Republican donor also began funding private investigators to gather information on Trump during the same period of time.
Intelligence officials briefed President Obama and President-elect Trump last week on claims that Russia had compromising information on Trump. A dossier, sourced to a former British intelligence official, was used as part of the briefing.
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, reads portions of the Trump-Russia dossier into the congressional record, leading people to believe that the public deserves to know what the document contains.
The Steele dossier played a central role in the Trump-Russia investigation, but it was unverified and unjustified. However, the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia did not originate from the dossier.
The indictment of Igor Danchenko reveals the flawed handling of the Steele dossier by media and powerful people in the government as it obscured the damning information that Danchenko gave to Steele for the dossier, which was second, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh hand. Danchenko is accused of lying to the FBI and creating a false narrative during the Trump-Russia investigation in 2017.
Dozens of people were killed and injured as a series of tornadoes swept through six US states, including Kentucky. Meteorologists partly attributed the outbreak to higher temperatures in the affected states.