New court testimony gives evidence that the FBI promised one of Christopher Steele’s Russian clients, a Putin ally, big money. Why? To corroborate the document at the center of the Trump–Russia collusion hoax that continues to divide and destabilize America: Steele’s debunked dossier. In this newsmaking episode of Over the Target, Brendon Fallon and Lee…

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A key source for the anti-Donald Trump Steele dossier was acquitted on all counts by jurors in Virginia on Oct. 18. Igor Danchenko, a Russian national, was acquitted on four counts of lying to the government after about 10 hours of deliberations. “We’ve known all along that Mr. Danchenko was innocent. We’re happy the…

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A U.S. judge tossed one of the five counts against a key source for the anti-Donald Trump Steele dossier on Oct. 14, ruling that prosecutors did not present enough evidence for jurors to consider the charge. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that Igor Danchenko, the source, did not…

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…

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has requested an immediate federal investigation into potentially unlawful misconduct by Scottsdale Unified School District Board member Jann-Michael Greenburg, who is accused of keeping an online dossier on parents opposed to controversial board policies. “I urge the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to immediately open…

A former U.S. national security official warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is stealing data to compile a “dossier” on every American adult and may use coercive means to influence private citizens and political leaders. During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing this week, former Trump deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger said the CCP has…

A former U.S. national security official warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is stealing data to compile a “dossier” on every American adult and may use coercive means to influence private citizens and political leaders. During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing this week, former Trump deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger said the CCP has…

A senior FBI agent asked to be removed from the Crossfire Hurricane team that probed the Trump campaign’s alleged links to Russia after his request for a more stringent validation of ex-British spy Christopher Steele’s subsources was rejected, the agent told a Senate panel last year, according to a newly released transcript. The FBI supervisory…