Anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele to be deposed in libel lawsuit

The Washington Times ^ | March 21, 2018 | Rowan Scarborough

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A London court on Wednesday ordered Christopher Steele, author of the anti-Trump dossier, to submit to questions from American attorneys suing him for libel on behalf of a Russian entrepreneur.

A senior master in the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench, rejected Mr. Steele’s argument that British law prohibited an ex-spy such as himself from testifying.

“On Mr. Steele’s behalf it was said that the examination would be prohibited by English law which is untrue,” said the 39-page order obtained by the Washington Times.

SEE ALSO: Read the ruling requiring anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele to be deposed in libel lawsuit

The senior master said he had “come to the conclusion that Mr. Steele does have relevant evidence to give for trial in the U.S. proceeding.”

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at the end of the article:

- Mr. Steele also sought to limit the number of hours he must spend answering questions from Gubarev and BuzzFeed attorneys.
The senior master granted a total of seven hours. Mr. Steele wanted BuzzFeed’s time cut from three hours to 30 minutes, but the master did not agree. -

it’s a bit ambiguous and I can’t be bothered reading the entire ruling. however, is it seven hours for Gubarev and 3 for Buzzfeed? or is it 4 hours for Gubarev, 3 for BF?

why is it limited anyway?

then there is the question of the director of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, who suddenly resigned following Trump’s inauguration. any connections with Steele?

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That might be a tad problematic given the significant numbers of U.S. personnel usually working at GCHQ (which, incidentally, the compulsive pedant in me tells me to tell you isn’t in London - it’s in Cheltenham). And perhaps it would be prudent first to discover any evidence that GCHQ - even if it did have a direct hand in providing material for the dossier - did anything not provided for in the mutual exchange agreements between it and its U.S. counterparts.