{"id":1627207,"date":"2022-08-30T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627207"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:49:17","slug":"anti-trump-dossier-source-must-explain-his-need-for-classified-information-ahead-of-trial-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-trump-dossier-source-must-explain-his-need-for-classified-information-ahead-of-trial-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Trump Dossier Source Must Explain His Need for Classified Information Ahead of Trial: Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-trump-dossier-source-must-explain-his-need-for-classified-information-ahead-of-trial-judge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier needs to explain why he needs to use classified information in his upcoming trial, a judge ruled on Aug. 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-igor-danchenko\">Igor Danchenko<\/a>, who authorities say provided information for the dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, is slated to go on trial later this year on five charges of lying to the FBI about the information.<\/p>\n<p>Danchenko appeared in U.S. court in Alexandria, Virginia, for a closed-door hearing along with prosecutors with special counsel John Durham\u2019s team after the defendant notified the court of his intent to use classified information in his defense.<\/p>\n<p>The details of that filing and a response filed by Durham\u2019s team were sealed, but Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen, in a declaration filed by Durham himself, asked for a closed-door hearing to be held to discuss the matter.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a\u00a0George W. Bush appointee, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>While neither the public nor press were allowed to attend, and the minute entry and the transcript were sealed, Trenga made public his order that Danchenko file a revised notice of intent to use classified information.<\/p>\n<p>In the order, the defense should specify \u201cwhat, if any, classified information he still intends to use at trial and why such information is necessary, relevant and admissible,\u201d Trenga said.<\/p>\n<p>Danchenko was given until Sept. 20 to file the revised notice.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors will have until Sept. 27 to file a response.<\/p>\n<p>If needed, another closed-door hearing will be held two days later, after a public hearing on motions from the parties that do not deal with classified information.<\/p>\n<p>Danchenko\u2019s trial is currently slated to start on Oct. 11 and last five to six days.<\/p>\n<p> Clinton Involvement <\/p>\n<p>Danchenko, a Russian national, was charged in November 2021 for allegedly misleading FBI officials by claiming he did not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier needs to explain why he needs to use classified information in his upcoming trial, a judge ruled on Aug. 30. 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