uncorroborated

It criticised what it called the commission's decision to use "information from second-hand single uncorroborated sources", which it said was inconsistent with established UN standards and methodologies.

Elwyn said in a statement that there was “no determination of liability” against the organization and called the allegations “speculative and uncorroborated.”

The so-called Steele dossier assembled in 2016 created a political storm just before Trump’s inauguration with rumors and uncorroborated allegations that have since been largely discredited.

This included uncorroborated intelligence claims, denied by Mr Trump, that the former US president had been "compromised" by the Russian security service, the FSB.

Buck added that it “appears” that Comer and Jordan went public with the information even though they knew it was uncorroborated.