Category: Igor Danchenko

Trial of Key Steele Dossier Source Expected to Last 5 to 6 Days: Special Counsel Durham

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…


John Durham Requests 30 Subpoenas in Trial Against Steele Dossier Source

Special counsel John Durham asked a federal court to send out 30 subpoenas for testimony in the pending trial against research analyst Igor Danchenko, who was the alleged main source for the discredited “Steele dossier” that targeted former President Donald Trump. In a filing on Wednesday, Durham’s team said, “It is respectfully requested that the Clerk…


Trial Opens for Ex-Clinton Lawyer Being Investigated by John Durham

The first trial connected to special counsel John Durham’s investigation into the discredited Trump-Russia collusion narrative is slated to start Monday, May 16, as former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann faces charges that he lied to the FBI in 2016. Sussmann is accused of misrepresenting who he was working for—Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National…


John Durham Says FBI, Intelligence Agencies Slowly Producing Classified Materials

Special counsel John Durham on Tuesday filed court papers saying that the FBI and U.S. intelligence are slowly producing documents related to his case against Igor Danchenko, who prosecutors say lied to investigators about how he obtained information that later appeared in the controversial and discredited Steele dossier that was used against former President Donald Trump….


Durham Says FBI, Intelligence Agencies Slowly Producing Classified Materials

Special counsel John Durham filed court papers on May 10 saying that the FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies are slowly producing documents related to his case against Igor Danchenko, who prosecutors say lied to investigators about how he obtained information that later appeared in the controversial and discredited Steele dossier that was used against former President…


Where Things Stand With John Durham’s Probe

Cases handled by special counsel John Durham have produced a flurry of notable discoveries that shed more light on the sprawling yearslong investigation. Durham so far has three indictments and one guilty plea under his belt, with some indications that there may be more in the pipeline. Durham was tasked around March-May 2019 with reviewing…


Members From Clinton’s 2016 Campaign May be Called to Testify in Special Counsel Probe: Durham

People who worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign could be called to testify in court cases stemming from a probe of the Russia-Trump counterintelligence investigation, according to a recent court filing. The disclosure from Special Counsel John Durham’s team came as they tried to convince a judge to explore potential conflicts of interest involving…


EpochTV Review: You Don’t Just Get to Lie

Commentary If you do nothing else today, watch and share the season 2 finale of “Kash’s Corner.” You’ve got some time, as season 3 won’t premiere until after Thanksgiving, but don’t wait too long because the media is already spinning the subject matter of “Connecting the Dots on the Origins of the Steele Dossier.” Kash…


Charles Dolan’s Involvement in Dossier Means DOJ, FBI Withheld Information: Kash Patel

The revelation that Democratic operative Charles Dolan was one of the sources for the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele shows the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) withheld information from congressional investigators, Kash Patel said Friday. “I’m the lead Russia guy, and I had never heard of this guy,” Patel said. “It means, to…


Kash’s Corner: Connecting the Dots on the Origins of the Steele Dossier

“Just let that sit for a second. The guy who wrote the Steele dossier and was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to do it—Christopher Steele—by the DNC and Hillary campaign was introduced to a sub-source by Fiona Hill, the very lady who went into the Trump White House and then conjured up the Ukraine…