![]() ![]() 3, 2016 meeting in Rome with several agents involved in Crossfire Hurricane.Ī few months after the Alfa trial concluded, lawyers from Stephenson Harwood approached lawyers for Steele’s firm Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd., asking for the notes directly since they had been used as exhibits in the trial. The evidence in the Alfa case, which was tried and decided in March, included a memo Steele wrote on Jdocumenting his meeting with FBI officials at his offices in London, as well as Steele’s notes from an Oct. Justice Department does not have jurisdiction over Steele - a British citizen - or his firm, so cannot directly compel him to turn over any evidence.)įordham did not return a request for comment. government to hire a commercial litigator overseas and request documents in a civil case is in itself highly unusual, legal experts said, and suggests the British government was not involved in, or cooperating with, Durham’s criminal investigation.ĭurham declined to comment through a spokesperson.Ī sealed court filing dated Jand obtained by POLITICO shows that John Fordham, a lawyer for the London-based Stephenson Harwood law firm, moved on behalf of the United States to lift a protective order on evidence that had been gathered in a separate lawsuit brought against Steele in Britain by the founders of Russia’s Alfa Bank. The underlying context for the request, the people said, is that Durham believes Steele’s notes could contain evidence that FBI agents improperly disclosed classified information about Crossfire Hurricane, as the bureau dubbed its Russia probe, in the course of questioning Steele about his own findings regarding a potential conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, the people said.įor the U.S. ![]()
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