Former Trump official Kash Patel writes children’s book repeating false claim over Steele dossier

Kash Patel, a former US defense department chief of staff, third from left, has written a children’s book repeating Donald Trump’s false claim around an FBI investigation into Russian collusion with the ex-president Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Kash Patel, a former Republican aide on the House intelligence committee who Donald Trump weighed installing as deputy CIA director, is publishing a children’s book on Monday that perpetuates the false claim the Steele dossier sparked investigations into Russian collusion.

The book features characters such as “King Donald” and his enemy “Hillary Queenton”.