GOP Senators Ask Justice Department for Criminal Probe of Trump Dossier Author
- An innocent explanation ‘seems unlikely,’ Grassley says
- Dossier by former spy Christopher Steele is Republican focus
Christopher Steele
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the author of a disputed dossier on Donald Trump made false statements to federal investigators, prompting the panel’s Democrats to slam the move as an attempt to distract from the broader Russia investigation.
Grassley and fellow Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina took the unusual step Friday of asking Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to investigate former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of the report filled with allegations that are unverified and in some cases salacious.