Christopher David Steele is a former British spy who co-founded a respected London-based investigative firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, Ltd. He is also, based on numerous industry U.K.-based competitors, the most likely person behind the FBI memos that included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising information on Donald Trump. CNN yesterday broke the news that the classified documents — originating from an unidentified former agent of MI6 (the British equivalent of the CIA) — were presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump. "Former top Russian intelligence officer claims FSB has compromised TRUMP through his activities in Moscow sufficiently to be able to blackmail him," reads a line in the report's summary. According to the country's state-run news agency Tass, the Russian government today denied it has compromising information about Trump.

Source: Forbes January 11, 2017 19:49 UTC