Grassley asks if Steele ever worked for Russian oligarch

Telegraph:
A prominent Russian oligarch has been drawn into the Trump dossier row after his lawyers were formally asked whether he had worked with the British ex-spy behind the claims.

Representatives for Oleg Deripaska, known in the UK for once hosting Lord Mandelson and George Osborne on his yacht, were approached about links to Christopher Steele earlier this month.

Charles Grassley, the Republican senator who chairs the judiciary committee, demanded to know whether Mr Deripaska had ever hired Mr Steele in a letter sent to his London-based lawyers.

It was written after leaked texts showed that a lobbyist linked to Mr Deripaska offered to arrange a conversation with Mr Steele to a congressman after the US election.

Earlier this week the head of the FBI declined to answer whether Mr Steele had worked for Mr Deripaska when asked during a public committee hearing.
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This seems like an interesting turn of events.   It seems curious that the head of the FBI would decline to answer.  The normal response would be either "I don't know" or "he did."  That leads me to believe that it is likely that Steele did some work either with or for Deripaska.

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