Donald Trump calls for extradition of ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele who was behind 'dirtier dossier' alleging Russian influence over US president

Donald Trump has called for the extradition of a former MI6 agent who was behind a controversial dossier about his alleged links to Russia.

Christopher Steele, now a director of Orbis Business Intelligence, was responsible for the 'dirty dossier' published in 2016 that alleged Russian influence over President Trump.

The Steele Dossier contained allegations of collusion between Mr Trump's US presidential campaign and the Kremlin, which have been denied by both parties.

On Wednesday, Orbis was ordered to pay compensation to two Russian businessmen that had complained about data protection breaches including inaccuracies in the dossier relating to them. 

Taking to Twitter, the US President shared a report on London's High Court ruling and claimed that Mr Steele should go on trial over the document.

In his retweet, Mr Trump said: 'This man should be extradited, tried, and thrown into jail…'

An a second retweet, Mr Trump shared another report about the High Court's decision, adding: 'Bring back Steele!!!' 

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Donald Trump has called for the extradition of a former MI6 agent, Christopher Steele, who was responsible for the 'dirty dossier' published in 2016 that alleged Russian influence over President Trump (file photo)

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Taking to Twitter, the US President retweeted a report on London's High Court ruling that Orbis Business Intelligence, which Steele is a director of, had to pay compensation to two Russian businessmen

The Steele Dossier claimed that the Russian Government had embarrassing material that could be used to hold influence over Trump through blackmail. 

One event mentioned in the document took place during Trump's presidential campaign in the Ritz-Carlton’s presidential suite in Moscow. 

Because Barack and Michelle Obama, whom Trump despised, had stayed in the bed, the president allegedly hired 'a number of prostitutes to perform a "golden showers" (urination) show [on the bed] in front of him'. 

The act, which has been vehemently denied by the president, was allegedly recorded using microphones and cameras by the Russian secret service (FSB) to ensure he bowed to the Kremlin's wishes. 

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In his retweet, Mr Trump said: 'This man should be extradited, tried, and thrown into jail…'

Russian Oligarchs Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman Mikhail have been awarded £18,000 compensation for data protection breaches after allegations were made in the dossier that they had been involved in delivering large amounts of 'illicit cash' to Mr Putin when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg.

Mr Justice Warby said that more 'energetic checking' should have been carried out into the allegations against the businessmen.

The judge also said that the Steele Dossier had been produced under instruction from a Washington DC consultancy.

Though ordering the payment of paying compensation to the businessmen, Mr Justice Warby ruled that Orbis Business Intelligence was not responsible for the 'wider publication' of the dossier which was publicly released in 2017 by BuzzFeed.

In a statement on their website, referring to the memo mentioned in court as 112, Orbis said: 'The judge found that CIR 112 'records accurately what Mr Steele was told by the source' and held that Orbis BI was not responsible for the wider publication of this report. Nor did the judge accept that Orbis should be held responsible for damages caused by third party republication of CIR 112.

'Orbis BI are grateful for Justice Warby's clear and detailed ruling in this case and will ensure that our company's data handling procedures incorporate his various findings going forward.'

Steele's dossier, which was funded by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign, became FBI evidence in the FISA warrant applications against Trump advisor Carter Page.

Addressing students at Oxford University in March, Steele said he had been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into potential collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government for 'two whole days' but was disappointed with Mueller's final report.

'I was surprised that very little of what I had discussed with them appeared in the final report,' said Steele, a former intelligence officer who ran the Russia desk at MI6.

He criticized the report for being 'too narrow' and failing to follow up on crucial evidence.

'There were many things about the report that were good… but other (aspects) that were not so good,' he said.