This episode contains strong language. \n\nThe Steele Dossier \u2014 compiled by Christopher Steele, a British former spy \u2014 was born out of opposition research on Donald J. Trump, then a presidential candidate, and his supposed links to Russia.\n\nThe document, full of salacious allegations, captured and cleaved America. But now, a main source of the dossier\u2019s findings \u2014 Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst \u2014 has been charged with lying to federal investigators.\n\nGuest: Michael S. Schmidt, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.