News Analysis Twelve years ago, FBI agents in Baltimore sought to wiretap former Brookings Institution analyst Igor Danchenko on suspicions he was spying for Russia. But the counterintelligence analyst they were assigned to work with Brian Auten told them he could not find their target and assumed the Russian national had fled back to Moscow….
Judge Orders Trump Lawyers to Pay for Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton, Democrats
A U.S. judge has ordered lawyers representing former President Donald Trump to pay a defendant named in Trump’s since-dismissed lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democrats. Trump lawyers, including Alina Habba, misrepresented facts about Charles Dolan, the defendant, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled. The claims in the original and amended…
FBI Officials Blocked Investigation Into Dossier Source With Russian Links: Testimony
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—An FBI supervisory agent and former bureau analyst both say they were prevented from opening an investigation into a longtime Democratic operative’s relationships with Russians and key players in assembling the anti-Donald Trump dossier authored by former British spy Christopher Steele. FBI special agent Amy Anderson and former FBI counterintelligence expert Brittany Hertzog wanted…
Clinton Associate Testifies He Lied About Claim That Made Its Way Into Dossier
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A longtime associate of the Clinton family admitted under oath on Oct. 13 that he lied when he said he spoke to a Republican friend about GOP drama. “I lied. I got it off cable news,” Charles Dolan, the associate, testified during Igor Danchenko’s criminal trial in U.S. court in Virginia. Dolan provided information…
Crossfire Hurricane FBI Analyst Battered by Both Sides at Danchenko Trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Russian business analyst Igor Danchenko may be the defendant, but the government’s first witness called to testify against him often appeared to be the one on trial during the first two days of often confounding and dense deliberations delving into the dusky origins of the debunked Steele Dossier. FBI supervisory counterintelligence analyst Brian Auten…
Crossfire Hurricane FBI Analyst Battered by Both Sides in Danchenko Trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Russian business analyst Igor Danchenko may be the defendant, but the government’s first witness called to testify against him often appeared to be the one on trial during the first two days of often confounding and dense deliberations delving into the dusky origins of the debunked Steele Dossier. FBI supervisory counterintelligence analyst Brian Auten…
Durham Prosecutes FBI Informants, While Protecting Their Handlers
Since being named special counsel in October 2020, John Durham has investigated or indicted several unscrupulous anti-Trump informants. But he has spared the FBI agents who handled them, raising suspicions he’s letting investigators off the hook in his waning investigation of misconduct in the Russiagate probe. In recent court filings, Durham has portrayed the G-men…
Lawyer: ‘PR Executive 1’ in Durham Indictment Is Former Democratic Party Campaigner
A lawyer on Thursday confirmed that Washington-based communications executive Charles Dolan Jr. is the individual referred to as “PR Executive-1” in special counsel John Durham’s indictment against Russia analyst Igor Danchenko, which was unsealed earlier this week. The grand jury indictment of Dachenko alleges that he lied when he told the FBI that he never communicated with a public…
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