The former British spy behind a controversial dossier about Donald Trump’s Russian links has spent two days talking to US investigators, it was reported on Wednesday. 

Christopher Steele met behind closed doors with colleagues of Robert Mueller, the special counsel looking into Russian election meddling, according to The Washington Post.

It means that investigators will be able to judge firsthand whether they think claims reported by Mr Steele in the dossier are trustworthy. 

Mr Steele has previously refused requests to appear before Congressional committees looking into how Russia interfered in the 2016 election. 

The Washington Post also reported that Mr Steele compared possessing the information he found about Mr Trump to “sitting on a nuclear weapon”. 

The paper’s 4,000-word article provides the fullest picture yet of how Mr Steele acted after uncovering claims that the Russians had compromising material on Mr Trump. 

Mr Steele and his “dossier”, a series of memos written after funding from first Republican then Democrat opponents of Mr Trump, lies at the heart of the Russian election meddling row.

Among the claims made was that Mr Trump asked prostitutes to conduct lurid sex acts while in Russia. Mr Trump has vehemently denied the allegations. 

The dossier, published after the election by Buzzfeed, has become the focus of a fiercely partisan battle over the Russian investigation, which is looking into links with the Trump campaign team. 

Republicans have sought to portray Mr Steele as politically motivated and his claims as unfounded, indicating the entire Russian investigation is constructed on his faulty intelligence. 

However Democrats have painted Mr Steele as someone who passed on concerns in good faith and stressed his information was not the only reason for starting the Russia investigation. 

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The Washington Post described how Mr Steele, a Russian expert so trusted that he had provided briefings for UK prime ministers and at least one US president, got drawn into the Trump case. 

It describes how after Mr Steele’s consulting firm Orbis Business Intelligence was commissioned to look into Mr Trump he became increasingly concerned by the discoveries, coming from his network of informants. 

Mr Steele eventually reached out to the FBI, who he had worked with exposing Fifa corruption, so he could brief them on what he found. 

He met with the Washington Post twice before the election in an attempt to get them to cover the claims, the second time appearing “visibly agitated".

Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, met Mr Steele and his colleague at London’s Garrick Club, where Mr Steele reportedly expressed his worries. 

Sir Andrew Wood, a British former diplomat and friend of Mr Steele, was also asked for his thoughts. “He wanted to share the burden a bit,” Mr Wood told The Washington Post. 

After Mr Trump won the election, an ally of John McCain, the Republican senator, visited Britain to meet Mr Steele and read the dossier for himself. 

He was reportedly told to "look for a man wearing a blue raincoat and carrying a Financial Times under his arm” at Heathrow Airport. A copy of the dossier was eventually passed to Mr McCain. 

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Violent brawls broke out in Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday as lawmakers debated a controversial bill that would allow President Yoweri Museveni to extend his 31-year rule.

The bill under consideration would remove a constitutional 75-year-old age limit for presidential candidates. Mr Museveni is 73, and therefore is not eligible to run for re-election in 2021 polls under the current law.

Mr Museveni’s critics fiercely oppose the law. Tuesday’s scuffle took place after opposition lawmakers said they found plates and utensils in the parliamentary building, proof, they said, that soldiers had been watching the proceedings. Six opposition lawmakers were suspended after the disruption.

The last time the bill was debated in September, protesters marched in the streets and blows were also exchanged in parliament, with several MPs landing in the hospital after they were allegedly attacked by state security in plainclothes, according to the BBC.

Hours after Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe resigned following a coup in November, Mr Museveni announced that he would be considering pay rises for the military.

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On a recent edition of The Steve Austin Show podcast, Stone Cold and Jim Ross discussed a number of current WWE happenings. 
During the podcast, Austin expressed disappointment about WWE not utilizing Shinsuke Nakamura to his full capabilities. Austin went on to say Nakamura’s work in Japan is a lot better than his work with the WWE, and that WWE creative is booking Nakamura like another “Joe Blow.” 
Here’s Stone Cold’s take: 

“You bring him over and he’s going 30-minute broadways with half the damn roster. Debuted down there in WrestleMania 32, NXT, with Sami Zayn, hell of a match. Hell of a match! A lot of credit to Sami Zayn and Shinsuke, but here’s The King of Strong Style and all of a sudden he comes in and he’s working Dolph (Ziggler) and it took him a long time to finish Dolph for The King of Strong Style. Do you understand where I’m going with this gimmick? That’s booking, though. What is the plan? You’ve got this guy who’s one of those talents that just don’t come around every single day. He’s special. He comes in and you treat him like he’s another Joe Blow.” 
J.R. admitted he’s been disappointed as well with the handling of the Brock Lesnar-Samoa Joe feud. Ross suggested that if he were in charge that he would have saved a match between current WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and Samoa Joe for WrestleMania.
Here’s what Ross said: 
“If I was booking WWE or if I had influence on the booking of WWE, or whatever, my WrestleMania main event would be Joe and Brock and I would build it and by the time we got there, people would be going crazy to see it. For a guy like me, at my stage of life, that’s the fountain of youth because that’s back to old school, two tough, legit tough son-of-a-b****** that aren’t out there playing a role of a pro wrestler, locking up like two invalids. Locking up like two men, like two athletes of any gender.”

Here’s a link to the podcast: 
https://www.podcastone.com/episode/JimRoss

The WWE has been rejected in its effort to trademark the Hardy’s names and property likeness by the US Patent and Trademark Office.  Both Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy were rejected by the office after documents were submitted but lacked either Hardy’s signature of consent for either name. It is reported that the WWE responded with the Hardy’s signed consent.
Also, Matt Hardy was rejected because of the ongoing dispute with Global Force Wrestling over who owns the right to the name “Broken” Matt Hardy. Hardy himself has filed for his own copyright on the name and until that application is processed, the WWE’s claim can not be processed.
The term “The Hardy Boyz” seems to be going forward and will be published for public opposition, meaning someone else could file a dispute about the name as well.

In an interesting bit of irony, the WWE itself was nearly sued in recent months when they used the Great Balls of Fire name without permission from Jerry Lee Lewis, to the point where Lewis was attempting to file suit, but a deal was reached where they not only got permission to use the name but the song as well.

Buffalo Quadrangular

Buffalo 46 Minnetonka 28
106 Charlie DesMarais(B) Maj. Dec over Logan Renninger (M) 13-3
113 Josh Anderson (B) Fall 1:50 over Matt Sramek (M)
120 Jake McGann (M) Dec. over Jared Meyer (B) 12-6
126 Josh Skarin (B) fall 2:45 over James Makres (M)
132 Harrison Scane Fall :45 over Wesley Sanderson (B)
138 Cole Scherber Fall 2:27 over James Again (M)
145 Grey Liedtke dec. over Corbin Ruby (B) 8-2
152 Ethan Klein (B) Fall 1:08 over Ian Scherber (B)
160 Jacob Scherber (B) Fall 5:45 over Pierce Breedlove (M)
170 Avery Garsky Maj. Dec. over Matt Ruhr (B) 9-1
182 Hunter Durand (B) Fall 3:32 over John Obermiller (M)
195 Auston Anderson Alverez (B) FF
220 Keyshan Johnson (M) FFatt
HWT Adam Treptau (B) Fall 2:19 over Aaron Moore (M)

Rocori 48 Kimball 25
106 Zavier Grefe (R) Fall 1:49 over Michael Donnay (K)
113 Cole Steil (R) Fall 2:33 over Payton Schiefelbein (K)
120 Adam Kunz (R) Fall 1:27 over Preston Wills (K)
126 Blaine Tschida (K) Fall 3:25 over Gunnar Feldhege (R)
132 Payton Hanan (K) Dec. over Cory McCarney (R) 5-1
138 Cody Buermann (R) Tech Fall over Jacob Borman (K) 16-0
145 Nick Warn (R) Maj Dec over Tanner Schreifels (K) 9-0
152 Markus Mehr (K) Maj Dec. over Justin Rose (R) 10-0
160 Ben Hoffman (R) Dec. Matt Donnay (K) 8-3
170 Skyler Schiefelbein (K) Fall 2:16 over Mitchell Schwinghammer (R)
182 Dalton Calfas (R) Fall 2:45 over Brandon Loch (K)
195 Seth Klein (R) Fall 1:04 over Ben Zipoy (K)
220 Austin Schiefelbein (K) fall 1:31 over Ryan Vigil (R)
HWT Tyler Hoffman (R) Fall :26 over Austin Hentges (K)

Rocori 35 Buffalo 33
106 Charlie DesMarais (B) Fall 1:07 over Zavier Grefe (R)
113 Josh Anderson (B) Dec. over Cole Steil (R) 7-4
120 Adam Kunz (R) Fall 1:34 over Caleb Drews (B)
126 Gunnar Feldgege (R) Dec. Josh Skarin (B) 3-1
132 Wesley Sanderson (B) fall 1:36 over Cory McCarney (R)
138 Cody Buermann (R) Tech Fall over Cole Scherber (B) 4:32
145 Nick Warn (R) Fall 4:32 over Corbin Ruby (B)
152 Ian Scherber (B) fall :54 over Ben Hoffman (R)
160 Mitchell Schwinghammer (R) Dec. Jacob Scherber (B) 5-4
170 Matthew Ruhr (B) dec. Dalton Calfas (R) 10-7
182 Hunter Durand (B) FF
195 Seth Klein (R) Fall 1:56 over Auston Anderson Alvarez
220 Ryan Vigil (R) FF
HWT Adam Treptau (B) dec. Tyler Hoffman (R) 3-1

Minnetonka 46 Kimball 25
106 Payton Schiefebein (K) dec. over Logan Renninger (M) 4-3
113 Matt Sramek (M) Fall 5:35 over Micheal Donnay (K)
120 Jake McGann (M) Fall 1:24 over Preston Wills (K)
126 Blane Tschida (K) Fall :26 over James Makres (M)
132 Harrison Scane (M) TF over Payton Hanan (K)
138 James Agan (M) Fall 3:50 over Jacob Borman (K)
145 Grey Liedtke (M) Tech Fall over Tanner Schreifels (K) 17-1
152 Markus Mehr (K) dec. Ethan Klein 2-0 OT
160 Matt Donnay (K) dec. Pierce Breedlove (M) 5-3
170 Avery Garski (M) Fall 5:53 Skyler Schieflbein (K)
182 John Obermilller (M) Fall 3:34 over Brandon Loch (K)
195 Ben Zipy (K) FF
220 Austin Schiefelbein (K) maj. dec Keyshan Johnson (M) 17-4
HWT Aaron Moore (M) Fall :52 over Austin Hentges (K)

Buffalo 36 Kimball 33
106 Charlie DesMarais (B) Fall 3:45 Payton Schiefelbein (K)
113 Josh Anderson (B) Fall :45 Micheal Donnay (K)
120 Caleb Drews (B) Fall 1:49 Preston Wills (K)
126 Blane Tschida (K) Fall 1:22 over Josh Skarin (B)
132 Payton Hanan (K) dec Wesley Sanderson (B) 9-7
138 Cole Scherber (B) Fall 3:13 over Jacob Borman (K)
145 Tanner Schreifels (K) Fall 3:34 over Corbin Ruby (B)
152 Markus Mehr (K) dec Ian Scherber (B) 3-0
160 Jacobon Scherber (B) dec. Matt Donnay (K) 2-1
170 Skyler Schiefelbein (K) fall 1:09 over Matthew Ruhr (B)
182 Hutner Durand (B) fall 1:59 over Logan Schlueter (K)
195 Auston Anderson Alvarez (B) dec. Ben Zipoy (K) 13-7
220 Austin Hentges (K) FF
HWT Austin Schiefelbein (K) dec. Adam Treptau (B) 3-2

Rocori 51 Minnetonka 19
106 Logan Renninger (M) dec. Zavier Grefe (R) 9-7 OT
113 Cole Steil (R) Fall :50 over Matt Sramek (M)
120 Adam Kunz (R) Fall 3:38 over Jake McGann (M)
126 Gunnar Feldhege (R) dec. James Markes (M) 9-7
132 Harrison Scane (M) maj. dec. Cory McCarney (R) 15-5
138 Cody Buermann (R) Fall 3:32 James Agan (M)
145 Nick Warn (R) dec. Grey Liedtke 10-5
152 Ethan Klein (M) fall :53 Justin Rose (R)
160 Ben Hoffman (R) fall 3:25 Kevin Klass (M)
170 Avery Garski (M) Fall 1:10 Mitchell Schwinghammer (R)
182 Dalton Calfas (R) FF
195 Seth Klein (R) FF
220 Ryan Vigil (R) dec. Keyshan Johnson (M) 9-3
HWT Tyler Hoffamn fall 3:35 over Aaron Moore (M)