In October Washington Bureau chief of Mother Jones, David Corn, interviewed former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who told him that the Russian government was cultivating Donald Trump for political purposes. Now that the content of Mr Steele's memos, which were sent to the FBI but haven't been independently verified, have been widely shared in the media, Mr Corn tells Newshour how his meeting came about and his reaction to all that's happened subsequently.

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