MI6 spy behind Donald Trump dirty dossier breaks cover to insist it’s ’70-90% accurate’
Christopher Steele's 35-page dossier claimed Russia has a file of compromising information on Trump, including sex tapes
THE former MI6 spy behind the 'dirty dossier' which accused Donald Trump of asking prostitutes to urinate on a hotel bed where Barack Obama once slept has insisted his report is '70-90% accurate'.
Christopher Steele's 35-page dossier claimed Russia has a file of compromising information on Trump, including sex tapes, and that he was supported by the Kremlin for five years before his election as US President.
The most eye-catching claim was that in 2013 Trump hired prostitutes to urinate on the bed of the Presidential Suite at the Moscow Ritz Carlton, as he knew Barack and Michelle Obama had previously stayed there.
The report states: "Trump's unorthodox behavior in Russia over the years had provided the authorities there with enough embarrassing material on the now Republican presidential candidate to be able to blackmail him if they so wished."
Trump slammed the claims as "fake news" when they were published by Buzzfeed in January.
Steele is reported to have broken his silence on the claims in a new book by journalist Luke Harding.
He is quoted as saying: “I’ve been dealing with this country for thirty years. Why would I invent this stuff?"
The book claims the reports have been taken seriously in Washington due to Steele's reputation for producing reliable reports on Russia.
The dossier is being probed as part of an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller probing alleged collusion between Trump and Russia in the run-up to the 2016 US Presidential election.
Last month, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee pleaded with Steele to come and talk to U.S. investigators about the dossier.
The British spy has so far declined a number of invitations.
Responding to the accusations earlier this year, Trump said: "It's phony news by sick people.
"I’m surrounded by bodyguards, surrounded by people, I always tell them... In your hotel rooms and wherever you go you’re going to probably have cameras.
"In those rooms you have cameras in the strangest places... You’d better be careful or you’ll be watching yourself on nightly TV. I tell this to people all the time.
"I’m also very much of a germaphobe by the way."
