

Fusion GPS was notably hired by a law firm that was hired by the Clinton campaign in 2016, which, in turn, hired former UK spy Christopher Steele to concoct the infamous and discredited “Steele dossier” against Trump.įorensic News Network journalist Scott Stedman reacted to Broeksmit’s death, writing on Twitter: “I don’t suspect foul play. Reports also indicated that Broeksmit allegedly provided documents to journalists and Fusion GPS. While speaking to the outlet at the time, Broeksmit, who was born in Ukraine, said he spoke to the Department of Justice in 2016 and said, “I’m writing in hopes of speaking to someone at the DOJ in reference to the evidence I have showing major fraud at one of the World’s largest banks.”

Later in 2019, Broeksmit told the Forensic News Network that he acquired emails of his late father, Bill Broeksmit, and said that “I informed the FBI” about several of Deutsche Bank’s loans to Trump. He was later reported missing by his relatives.Ī 2019 New York Times report said that Broeksmit was the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died via suicide in 2014. The coroner’s office did not elaborate on his cause of death, according to local outlets.īroeksmit was last seen driving a red Mini Cooper in April 2021 on Riverside Drive, according to Los Angeles police. Perez added that it appears that Broeksmit, 46, was homeless. Rudy Perez of the Los Angeles School Police Department told local media. Los Angeles Police Captain Kenneth Cabrera told the Los Angeles Times that officials don’t suspect foul play in his death. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said Val Broeksmit was pronounced dead at 7 a.m., Sgt. A federal informant who worked with federal authorities investigating links between former President Donald Trump and Deutsche Bank was found dead in Los Angeles on Monday, officials said.
