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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 02:36 PM Dec 2019

'Dossier' author Chris Steele met Ivanka Trump years before Russia scandal, source says

Source: ABC

Nearly a decade before the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka met a British intelligence officer who ran the Russia desk -- and when the agent left his covert service and moved into private practice in 2010, she stayed in touch, ABC News has learned.

The two exchanged emails but never worked together, and the man, Christopher Steele, would one day re-emerge in a most unexpected way, taking a central role in the Russia scandal that consumed the early years of her father’s presidency, according to a source familiar with their past contacts.

Steele gained notoriety as the investigator who ignited a firestorm by authoring the highly controversial 2016 dossier alleging links between the Trump Campaign and Russia, and embarrassing incidents involving Trump before he took office. Critics of Steele have argued that the former intelligence officer was biased against Trump and was inclined to produce a negative report on the presidential candidate – excoriating Steele on social media and elsewhere.

In 2007, Ivanka Trump met Steele at a dinner and they began corresponding about the possibility of future work together, the source said. The following year, the two exchanged emails about meeting up near Trump Tower, according to several emails seen by ABC News. They suggest Ivanka Trump and Steele stayed in touch via emails over the next several years. In one 2008 exchange they discussed dining together in New York at a restaurant just blocks from Trump Tower.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dossier-author-chris-steele-met-ivanka-trump-years/story?id=67597270





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'Dossier' author Chris Steele met Ivanka Trump years before Russia scandal, source says (Original Post) demmiblue Dec 2019 OP
That's an interesting wrinkle... The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #1
I'm not sure Trump can mentally handle this underpants Dec 2019 #2
Post removed Post removed Dec 2019 #7
Yeah - really interesting... Pachamama Dec 2019 #4
OMG, drumpf will be so ticked by this in private. lark Dec 2019 #3
his daughter did what? With who? getagrip_already Dec 2019 #5
That should be a meme, that should trigger trump's high blood pressure Perseus Dec 2019 #15
Well in reality the Presidents and their families pay for their own meals lunatica Dec 2019 #18
Maybe Trump is upset at Steele, gab13by13 Dec 2019 #6
Hmmm - And I will leave it as that packman Dec 2019 #8
If this was a script for a spy/political thriller submitted in Hollywood... Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2019 #9
New GOP talking point: Steele dossier author spent years spying on Trump thru his innocent daughter. Midnight Writer Dec 2019 #10
Bingo. lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #12
but don't those sexy brittish spiesw always end up in bed with... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #16
I would have certainly given it a shot! I'm no British spy, but I could play one. oldsoftie Dec 2019 #22
Thank God she retained her virginity, as she does to this day. Imacculivanka! BamaRefugee Dec 2019 #11
But her emailz! torius Dec 2019 #13
I'm sure this is triggering drumpf joost5 Dec 2019 #14
For all we know she has many secret agents Captain Zero Dec 2019 #17
Duplicate MelissaB Dec 2019 #19
Different forum. n/t demmiblue Dec 2019 #20
Well it was Christopher Steele's job to do stuff like this FakeNoose Dec 2019 #21

Response to underpants (Reply #2)

lark

(23,003 posts)
3. OMG, drumpf will be so ticked by this in private.
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 02:39 PM
Dec 2019

Wish I could be there as a fly on the wall when he gets the news.

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
5. his daughter did what? With who?
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 02:53 PM
Dec 2019

A lot of people are saying it was more than business. A LOT of people......

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
15. That should be a meme, that should trigger trump's high blood pressure
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 04:59 PM
Dec 2019

Imagine, "Christopher Steel and Ivanka trump were involved in a secret romance for years."

May put him into a frenzy and start eating more McDonalds burgers.

When you think about the McDonalds diet trump seems to have. How sad, someone who claims to be so rich being reduced to meals at McDonalds, maybe he can't afford something better and doesn't understand that we, the tax payers, are paying for his meals?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
18. Well in reality the Presidents and their families pay for their own meals
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:19 PM
Dec 2019

We pay for State dinners and strictly official meals. We do pay for the White House chefs if they prepare the meals. First family pays for quite a bit out of their own money.

https://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/president-pay-groceries/

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,571 posts)
9. If this was a script for a spy/political thriller submitted in Hollywood...
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 03:47 PM
Dec 2019

...it'd have been laughed out of the city.

This reality is just getting absurd.

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
16. but don't those sexy brittish spiesw always end up in bed with...
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:06 PM
Dec 2019

the evil villain seductress from the other side?

She was sleeping with the enemy? She was never innocent btw. her dad saw to that.

joost5

(421 posts)
14. I'm sure this is triggering drumpf
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 04:42 PM
Dec 2019

he probably is wondering which country (Iran maybe?) to get into a war with as a distraction for all of this... similar to how abusers will kick a puppy to displace their anger. Lawd help us all.

Captain Zero

(6,715 posts)
17. For all we know she has many secret agents
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:12 PM
Dec 2019

In her Rolodex. And hoping she doesn't know they ARE secret Agents. this type of stuff is why she is a security risk

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
21. Well it was Christopher Steele's job to do stuff like this
Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:34 PM
Dec 2019

This doesn't surprise me at all, and it probably happens all the time. It doesn't mean that any information changed hands, it just means that Mr. Steele cultivates contacts wherever he can. Maybe it pays off later, maybe it doesn't.

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