Salon:

The anticipated report on the Russia investigation conducted by the Department of Justice's inspector general revealed that Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous Trump dossier, had a “friendly” relationship with one of President Donald Trump’s family members.

That family member was subsequently revealed as Ivanka Trump by ABC News, and the inspector general’s report said that Steele denied having a bias against then-candidate Donald Trump when he wrote the dossier.

"He stated that if anything he was 'favorably disposed' toward the Trump family before he began his research, because he had visited a Trump family member at Trump Tower and 'been friendly' with [the family member] for some years,” the report reads.

"He described their relationship as 'personal' and said that he once gifted a family tartan from Scotland to the family member,” the report continues.

While the report did identity the name of the Trump family member, ABC News reported that it was the president's eldest daughter. The network revealed its journalists had learned of the contacts between Steele and Ivanka Trump a year ago but only recently gained access to some of their conversations. Politico also confirmed that the family member in question was Ivanka Trump.

Ivanka Trump met Steele at a dinner in 2007 and “began corresponding about the possibility of future work together,” a source told ABC News. They later communicated to discuss a meeting near Trump Tower and stayed in touch for “several years,” according to the report.

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