JUNE 20, 2016:

STEELE SENDS THE FIRST OF HIS MEMOS TO FUSION GPS, BASED ON ANONYMOUS FOREIGN SOURCES, INCLUDING THOSE IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.

[NATIONAL REVIEW, DECEMBER 23, 2017]

STEELE STATES THAT HE FOUND TROUBLING INFORMATION INDICATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

[MOTHERJONES. OCTOBER 31, 2016]

ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, STEELE DECIDES TO ALSO PASS THE INFORMATION TO BRITISH AND AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE FINDINGS WERE A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FOR BOTH COUNTRIES.