it described herman khan. and these other guys as being oligarchs. he described them as having a close relationship with putin. they said significant favors continue to be done in both directions. quote, still giving -- still giving informal advice to putin. especially on the u.s. so that's what's in the steel d dossier about alpha bank. they could each other favors. further, they maybe funneled money to putin in his st. petersburg days. this is not the world's most salacious stuff. but it has taken on a life of its own. republicans in congress, president trump, the white house more broadly, they have spent months trying to turn the steel dossier itself boo a huge scandal. it is against one serving justice department official. because bruce ohr's wife worked at fusion gps. mr. ohr appears to have contact himself with christopher steel during the campaign. so house republicans have gone along with the attacks on the dossier, the attacks on anybody associated with the dossier, and they are now going i know what the attacks on the justice department off

these lawsuits, like the one, filed by herman khan. today a judge dismissed the defamation lawsuits against christopher steele and orbis business intelligence. it was dismissed with prejudice which means the plaintiffs cannot bring it up again. so alpha bank. we still don't know if there was anything operational when it came to efforts to interfere in the 2016 election or any potential trump campaign involvement in that effort. we've seen no firm evidence but lots of suggestions about that possibility. we still don't know if it is just a coincidence. we still don't know if there's anything shady about the fact brian, hired by alpha bank to get them out of that russia related scandal ends up in a senior position at the u.s. justice department. but at least we do have this one conclusive statement today. the effort to sue, to make their connection to the steele dossier go away. today that lawsuit failed in a way that seems quite definitive. >> the next person to go to prison in the trump scandal might be george papadopoulos. late friday