Ex-MI6 spy’s Trump dossier sparked a purge, says research firm boss

The controversial dossier on US President Donald Trump’s alleged links with Russia sparked an "old-fashioned purge" but did not include an ex-MI6 spy’s sources, the boss of the firm behind the research said.

The controversial dossier on US President Donald Trump’s alleged links with Russia sparked an "old-fashioned purge" but did not include an ex-MI6 spy’s sources, the boss of the firm behind the research said.

Glenn Simpson, co-founder of commercial research company Fusion GPS, was responding to a suggestion that one of the sources of the dossier’s author Christopher Steele had been killed.