A former intelligence official predicted British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s intention to meet with Justice Department investigators “will be a car wreck” and a “hot mess.”

Philip Mudd, a counterterrorism analyst for CNN and critic of President Trump, said on Tuesday he was confident Steele would have to tell the U.S. officials “no” if asked whether he could verify parts of his dossier that contained salacious claims about Trump’s ties to Russia. That “no” would be disastrous for Steele in an interview with U.S. officials, Mudd claimed.