06.10.2017 - 14:46 [ Snopes.com ]

Senate Intelligence Leaders Pressure Author of ‘Steele Dossier’ to Testify

(5.10.2017) During the early-afternoon press briefing on Capitol Hill, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence chair Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) and vice chair Mark Warner (D-Virginia) said the committee’s investigation had “hit a wall” in its efforts track down and verify claims made in a dossier compiled by a former British spy detailing alleged ties and collusion between President Donald Trump, his associates, and the Russian government, and the Kremlin’s efforts to “cultivate” him.