The former Brookings Institution Russia analyst accused of providing false information in the controversial and widely discredited Steele dossier entered a plea of not guilty, days after he was indicted by special prosecutor John Durham. Igor Danchenko pleaded not guilty on five counts of making false statements to the FBI, entering his plea before Judge Anthony John Trenga in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday, according to reporters on the scene. After his arrest last week, Danchenko was released on a $100,000 bond. During Wednesday’s court hearing, Trenga ordered Danchenko to remain free on bond and scheduled a preliminary trial date of April 18 of next year. Danchenko, 43, was charged as part of Durham’s wide-ranging probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. Danchenko is accused of lying to the FBI about claims he provided to former UK spy Christopher Steele, who constructed the Steele …