Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The dossier's 17 reports allege that Trump campaign members and Russian operatives had conspired to cooperate in Russia's election interference to benefit Trump. [17] It also alleges that Russia sought to damage Hillary Clinton's candidacy. [18] It was published by BuzzFeed News on January 10, 2017, without Steele's permission. [2]
On January 28, 2017, Aleksej Gubarev, chief of technology company XBT and a figure mentioned in the dossier, initiated a defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed, Inc. and Steele (and his company, Orbis Business Intelligence) in the High Court of Justice in London, Britain, Case No: CR 2017 - 664, [1] after BuzzFeed published the "Steele Dossier," alleging the dossier made "seriously defamatory ...
The High Court in London previously heard Mr Trump accepts Orbis is not responsible for the publication of the dossier – as it was leaked to and published by BuzzFeed – but claims his data was ...
The dossier was published by Buzzfeed just 10 days before Mr Trump took office in January 2017 after beating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election.
BuzzFeed News was an American news website published by BuzzFeed beginning in 2011. It ceased posting new hard news content in May 2023. It published a number of high-profile scoops , including the Steele dossier , for which it was strongly criticized, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the FinCEN Files .
The court heard Mr Trump accepts Orbis is not responsible for the publication of the dossier – as it was leaked to and published by BuzzFeed – but claims his data was processed by the consultancy.
In a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions denies communicating with the Russian government during Trump's election campaign. [145] BuzzFeed publishes the Steele dossier alleging various misdeeds by Trump and associates in Russia. [146] Trump dismisses the dossier as "fake news". [147]
BuzzFeed has been hit with a lawsuit over its explosive January report of an admittedly unverified dossier with alleged information on Trump and Russia.