Sen. Tom Cotton Asks FBI Director Wray if Dossier Author Was Employed by Putin-Linked Oligarch – WRAY WON’T ANSWER!

Sen. Tom Cotton asking FBI Director Wray about Russian oligarch & Putin ally Oleg Deripaska & if Chris Steele was employed directly or indirectly by him at the time he was running the so-called Steele dossier. Info on Deripaska-Steele connection --> https://t.co/RJYYo5g8yC pic.twitter.com/iOySKZ6BPc

— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) February 13, 2018

Sen. Tom Cotton: Mr. Wray are you aware of a gentleman by the name of Oleg Derispaska? 

FBI Chief Christopher Wray: I’ve heard the name. 

Cotton: Is it fair to call him a Putin-linked Russian oligarch. 

Wray: Well I’ll leave that characterization to others and certainly not in this setting. 

Cotton: Chuck Grassley the chairman of the Judiciary Committee last week sent a letter to a London based lawyer who represents Derispaska and asked if Mr Steele was employed either directly or indirectly by Oleg Derispaska at the time he was running the Steele dossier. Do you know if Christopher Steele worked for Oleg Derispaska? 

Wray: That’s not something I can answer. 

Cotton: Could we discuss it in a classified setting?: 

Wray: There might be more we can say there. 

Cotton: Thank you.