Category: Christopher Steele

Jury Selected in Trial of Key Source for Anti-Trump Dossier

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Opening arguments in the trial of a key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier are set for Oct. 12 after a 16-member jury was selected and seated on Tuesday. Igor Danchenko, a Russian national who supplied information to dossier author Christopher Steele, is facing five counts of making false statements to the FBI during interviews…


Judge Rejects Steele Dossier Source’s Request to Dismiss Charges of Lying to FBI

An attempt by Igor Danchenko to get charges of lying to the FBI dismissed failed Sept. 29, meaning he will likely go on trial in October. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a George W. Bush appointee, declined to throw out any of the five charges filed against Danchenko after hearing arguments from special counsel John…


Top Senators Press Wray, Garland on FBI Paying Primary Source for Anti-Trump Dossier

Top U.S. senators are pressing the FBI’s director and the attorney general for answers on how the government paid the primary source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier, which has been proven to be full of baseless information. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the top…


Key Dossier Source Confirms He Was Paid by FBI for Years

A key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier paid for by Democrats has confirmed that he was on the FBI’s payroll for years. Igor Danchenko, who provided information to dossier author Christopher Steele, “was a vital source of information to the U.S. government during the course of his cooperation and was relied upon to build…


Key Steele Dossier Source Confirms He Was Paid by FBI for Years

A key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier paid for by Democrats has confirmed that he was on the FBI’s payroll for years. Igor Danchenko, who provided information to the dossier’s author, Christopher Steele, “was a vital source of information to the U.S. government during the course of his cooperation and was relied upon to…


FBI Agents From Mueller’s Team Interviewed Anti-Trump Dossier Author: Filing

FBI agents working on then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s team interviewed Christopher Steele, the author of the anti-Donald Trump dossier, according to a filing made public on Sept. 13. Agents interviewed Steele, an ex-British spy whose work was funded by Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19, 2017, according to the filing,…


Igor Danchenko Was Paid FBI Informant, Said He Was Working ‘Against Trump:’ Filing

The primary subsource for the infamous anti-Donald Trump “Steele dossier” was paid by the FBI for years and said in an email that he was working on a project “against Trump,” according to a new filing from special counsel John Durham’s team. Igor Danchenko was made a paid FBI confidential informant in March 2017, prosecutors…


John Durham: Witness to Debunk Infamous Trump Allegation Featured in Steele Dossier

The most widely circulated claim in British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s infamous anti-Donald Trump dossier will be contested during an upcoming trial, special counsel John Durham’s team revealed in a court document unsealed on Sept. 13. The claim that Trump engaged in lurid sexual activity at a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, featured in Steele’s dossier, will be contested…


Steele Dossier Source Asks Court to Throw Out Charges

A key source for the anti-Trump dossier paid for by Hillary Clinton’s campaign has asked a federal judge to throw out charges filed against him after he allegedly lied to federal agents about where he got the information he fed the dossier’s author. Igor Danchenko, a Russian national, says that the five false statement charges…


Trial of Key Steele Dossier Source Expected to Last 5 to 6 Days: Special Counsel Durham

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The trial of Igor Danchenko, a key source for the anti-Trump Steele dossier, should last about five days, special counsel John Durham said on Aug. 1. Danchenko, a former Brookings Institution analyst, is set to go on trial on Oct. 11 on five counts of making false statements. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a…