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 George W. Bush appointee overseeing the case, asked Durham how long the government expected the trial to last, noting that he has an unresolvable schedule conflict on Oct. 31.
Durham said he expected the trial to last five to six days. If it lasts more than four days, it would likely carry across a weekend….