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 with agents. Danchenko could land up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Jury selection took place in the U.S. courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. It lasted 90 minutes. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a George W. Bush appointee, is presiding over the trial.
Jurors were drawn from a pool of 91 candidates, 89 of whom were present in the courtroom. Four of the 16 selected are alternates….