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 American public now knows that as well,” Stuart Sears, a lawyer representing Danchenko, told reporters outside the Albert V. Bryan courthouse in Alexandria.
Danchenko, 44, has bragged that he was the primary source for the dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, who was paid by Democrats including Hillary Clinton….