Christopher Steele is perhaps one of the most successful and most duplicitous grifters of the last decade. He has managed to reach mythical status among the American left and those who ate his lies with glee in the media. Steele has been described as a “super-spy” and a patriot, a “spymaster” and someone who cares deeply for the United States. His supposed expertise and unimpeachable character were often cited as a defense of the Steele Dossier, which turned out to be abject nonsense.