diff --git a/federationapi/routing/send.go b/federationapi/routing/send.go
index 708ba38e..0b5a141c 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/send.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/send.go
@@ -236,9 +236,6 @@ func (t *txnReq) processTransaction(ctx context.Context) (*gomatrixserverlib.Res
 		}
 		if err = gomatrixserverlib.VerifyAllEventSignatures(ctx, []*gomatrixserverlib.Event{event}, t.keys); err != nil {
 			util.GetLogger(ctx).WithError(err).Warnf("Transaction: Couldn't validate signature of event %q", event.EventID())
-			results[event.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{
-				Error: err.Error(),
-			}
 			continue
 		}
 		pdus = append(pdus, event.Headered(verRes.RoomVersion))
@@ -479,13 +476,16 @@ func (t *txnReq) processDeviceListUpdate(ctx context.Context, e gomatrixserverli
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *txnReq) getServers(ctx context.Context, roomID string) []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName {
+func (t *txnReq) getServers(ctx context.Context, roomID string, eventOrigin gomatrixserverlib.ServerName) []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName {
 	t.serversMutex.Lock()
 	defer t.serversMutex.Unlock()
 	if t.servers != nil {
 		return t.servers
 	}
-	t.servers = []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName{t.Origin}
+	t.servers = []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName{t.Origin} // transaction origin
+	if eventOrigin != "" {
+		t.servers = append(t.servers, eventOrigin) // event origin, if specified
+	}
 	serverReq := &api.QueryServerJoinedToRoomRequest{
 		RoomID: roomID,
 	}
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) retrieveMissingAuthEvents(
 withNextEvent:
 	for missingAuthEventID := range missingAuthEvents {
 	withNextServer:
-		for _, server := range t.getServers(ctx, e.RoomID()) {
+		for _, server := range t.getServers(ctx, e.RoomID(), e.Origin()) {
 			logger.Infof("Retrieving missing auth event %q from %q", missingAuthEventID, server)
 			tx, err := t.federation.GetEvent(ctx, server, missingAuthEventID)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -582,6 +582,20 @@ withNextEvent:
 				logger.WithError(err).Warnf("Failed to unmarshal auth event %q", missingAuthEventID)
 				continue withNextServer
 			}
+			if err = gomatrixserverlib.VerifyAllEventSignatures(ctx, []*gomatrixserverlib.Event{ev}, t.keys); err != nil {
+				logger.WithError(err).Warnf("Failed to verify signature of auth event %q, dropping...", missingAuthEventID)
+				// If the response came right from the origin of the event and the
+				// signature is still wrong then there's no reason to believe that any
+				// other server will  have a better one, so don't bother doing anything
+				// else - just skip and move onto the next event
+				if e.Origin() == server {
+					delete(missingAuthEvents, missingAuthEventID)
+					continue withNextEvent
+				}
+				// Otherwise, it might be that the server we asked has interfered with
+				// the event so we can just try asking some other server instead
+				continue withNextServer
+			}
 			if err = api.SendInputRoomEvents(
 				context.Background(),
 				t.rsAPI,
@@ -939,7 +953,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) getMissingEvents(ctx context.Context, e *gomatrixserverlib.Even
 	}
 
 	var missingResp *gomatrixserverlib.RespMissingEvents
-	servers := t.getServers(ctx, e.RoomID())
+	servers := t.getServers(ctx, e.RoomID(), e.Origin())
 	for _, server := range servers {
 		var m gomatrixserverlib.RespMissingEvents
 		if m, err = t.federation.LookupMissingEvents(ctx, server, e.RoomID(), gomatrixserverlib.MissingEvents{
@@ -1193,7 +1207,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) lookupEvent(ctx context.Context, roomVersion gomatrixserverlib.
 	}
 	var event *gomatrixserverlib.Event
 	found := false
-	servers := t.getServers(ctx, roomID)
+	servers := t.getServers(ctx, roomID, "")
 	for _, serverName := range servers {
 		txn, err := t.federation.GetEvent(ctx, serverName, missingEventID)
 		if err != nil || len(txn.PDUs) == 0 {