'Done our duty': Christopher Steele refuses to cooperate with John Durham review

Washington Examiner ^ | March 7, 2020 | Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy

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British ex-spy Christopher Steele declined to give an interview with U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.

Representatives for Steele, whose unverified dossier was used by the FBI to obtain warrants to wiretap a member of President Trump's 2016 campaign, were recently approached by members of the federal prosecutor's team and they said the former MI6 agent would not cooperate with the inquiry

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[windsorknot]

Steele is a slug. He’s as worthless as his phony “dossier”.

[xp38]

But he is aware as post 1 indicates who hired him.

[nesnah]

Being uncooperative will likely preserve a body temperature of 98.6.

[Gay State Conservative]

I'll bet he's assuming that the British government won't extradite him.And he's probably right.As utterly amoral as ILLary is one thing you *can't* say is that she's stupid.

[magua]

Durham is just now getting around to Steele!?! This news is depressing.
Everyonei know that Steele is a key player, and he’s just getting around to
talking to him? Damn!

[eartick]

Ok, well Durham tried.

Time to move on to prosecute felon jaywalkers.

[Alberta's Child]

Can’t say I blame him. I would venture into an ISIS stronghold dressed as a Hasidic Jew before I’d ever voluntarily cooperate with a Federal prosecutor.

[shelterguy]

“””””Durham is just now getting around to Steele!?! This news is depressing.””””””””””””

Or the DOJ doesn’t care about him. They know the dossier was fake and they know who used it to get things rolling.

[wastoute]

Yup. Durham gave it his best shot. Time to pack it in. Nothing we can do if Steele won’t get on a plane. (Now if I was president the mfer would be picked up by a SEAL team and “deposed” at Gitmo.)

[AndyJackson]

Oh yes. I am on my way to your place Mr. US Attorney. My driver is taking a short stop for a picnic here at Fort Marcy Park. Nice day for it, don’t you think?

[Finnwolf]

A true criminal investigation will interview bit players first and save major suspects to the end. That is one reason why the Hillary investigation was so fake, they kept giving immunity and allowing conflicted lawyers to sit in on interviews.

I believe the refusal to give immunity to Steele is not a good thing for him, although he may prefer to go to prison to avoid the ire of Clinton!

[Ann Archy]

Is BORIS going to HELP Trump...or not??

[Ann Archy]

Durham is just Hubering.

[a fool in paradise]

duty to who?

He’s a dirty foreign agent.

[Rockingham]

Prosecutors usually prefer to investigate and talk to lesser witnesses before confronting the key figures and potential targets. Otherwise, if you talk to them first, your questions are likely to be superficial and uninformed.

[Religion and Politics]

Probably just wanted to get his refusal on the record.

[SmokingJoe]

What an arrogant twerp.
Duty to who exactly?
What is a foreign secret agent doing grossly interfering in American elections and living to boast about it?

[Dan in Wichita]

I believe the refusal to give immunity to Steele is not a good thing for him, although he may prefer to go to prison to avoid the ire of Clinton!

Steele will be like Webb Hubbell. He'll roll over for Hillary and do prison time rather than talk. As did Susan McDougal, Jim Guy Tucker, etc. The one person who did talk, James McDougal, died suddenly and mysteriously in prison.

[CASchack]

Can’t say I blame him. I would venture into an ISIS stronghold dressed as a Hasidic Jew before I’d ever voluntarily cooperate with a Federal prosecutor.

Or any Federal agent.....example General Flynn.