{"id":1672085,"date":"2022-10-04T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672085"},"modified":"2022-10-04T12:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:41:40","slug":"new-details-emerge-on-fbis-botched-investigation-into-alleged-steele-dossier-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-details-emerge-on-fbis-botched-investigation-into-alleged-steele-dossier-source\/","title":{"rendered":"New Details Emerge on FBI&#8217;s Botched Investigation Into Alleged Steele Dossier Source"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnew-details-emerge-on-fbis-botched-investigation-into-alleged-steele-dossier-source%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=1672085&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--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>he alleged source behind former spy Christopher Steele&#8217;s infamous anti-Trump dossier has made a series of bombshell claims about the FBI&#8217;s relationship with him. <\/p>\n<p>Russian lawyer Igor Danchenko was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/fbi-steele-dossier-source-paid-informant-years-after-he-lied\">on the bureau\u2019s payroll as a confidential human source<\/a> from March 2017 to October 2020 before he was charged in November 2021 by special counsel <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-durham\">John Durham<\/a> with lying about conversations he had with Hillary Clinton ally Charles Dolan and businessman Sergei Millian. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Danchenko claimed the FBI never asked him to hand over his discussions with the two men \u2014 which are now crucial to the case being made against him. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/durham-jury-new-details-fbi-botched-counterintel-investigation-danchenko\">DURHAM REVEALS NEW DETAILS ON COUNTERINTEL INVESTIGATION INTO DANCHENKO<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                Igor Danchenko leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Nov. 4, 2021.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMr. Danchenko was never asked to provide all correspondence with Dolan or Millian and Mr. Danchenko never received a subpoena requesting such correspondence,\u201d Danchenko\u2019s lawyers said in a Monday night filing. <\/p>\n<p>Durham\u2019s 2021 indictment said Danchenko anonymously sourced a fabricated claim about Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to Dolan, who spent years, including 2016, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/pr-executive-1-identified-as-longtime-clinton-adviser-who-fed-falsehood-to-steele-source\">doing work in Russia<\/a>. Danchenko also allegedly <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/key-durham-witness-sergei-millian-unlikely-testify-danchenko\">lied to the FBI about a phone call he claimed he received from Millian<\/a>, a Belarus-born U.S. citizen and businessman who Danchenko claimed told him about a debunked conspiracy of cooperation between President Donald Trump and the Russians, which the special counsel said was false. <\/p>\n<p>The defense team\u2019s Monday filing focused largely on Dolan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Special Counsel should not be permitted to argue that Mr. Danchenko knew the FBI was interested in email communications and omitted such information from his answer,\u201d Danchenko\u2019s lawyers said, adding, \u201cThe Special Counsel cannot now pursue a charge it chose not to indict. Doing so would violate Mr. Danchenko\u2019s Fifth Amendment right to be indicted by a grand jury and would result in a fatal variance from the indictment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Danchenko\u2019s team argued Monday that \u201csuch a theory would be legally unsound because Mr. Danchenko was not under a duty to disclose such information to the FBI.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This debate was key during an Alexandria court hearing between the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/skeptical-judge-wont-dismiss-durham-case-dossier-source-danchenko\">legal teams for Durham and Danchenko last week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Danchenko lawyer Stuart Sears told the judge that \u201ca literally true statement cannot be charged as a false statement\u201d as he repeatedly pointed out that the FBI had asked Danchenko in 2017 if he had ever \u201ctalked\u201d with Dolan about the dossier, with the defense lawyer arguing \u201ctalked\u201d doesn\u2019t necessarily include written communications. <\/p>\n<p>An FBI agent had asked Danchenko: \u201cBut you had never talked to [Dolan] about anything that showed up in the dossier, right?\u201d The defendant had replied, \u201cNo.\u201d The agent followed up, \u201cYou don&#8217;t think so?\u201d Danchenko replied, \u201cNo. We talked about, you know, related issues perhaps but no, no, no, nothing specific.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bad question, but that\u2019s the special counsel\u2019s problem, not Mr. Danchenko\u2019s,\u201d Sears told the judge last week, adding that \u201chis answer to that question was 100% accurate.\u201d The defense lawyer contended that \u201ctalked\u201d was the key to the FBI\u2019s question because the indictment \u201conly alleges they exchanged an email.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The special counsel said that \u201cone has to look at these matters in context\u201d and that in context, it was clear the FBI was asking Danchenko about any and all communications he may have had about the dossier with Dolan, arguing that Danchenko was \u201ckeenly\u201d and \u201cfully aware\u201d of \u201cthe fact of what the FBI was looking for\u201d as the bureau <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/durham-danchenko-lies-about-pee-tape-sourcing-evidence-trial\">attempted to figure out if the dossier\u2019s claims were true or false<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Durham pointed out that Danchenko brought a copy of the Democratic-funded dossier to an FBI meeting and said he had reviewed it, showing he knew what the FBI was interested in. The special counsel said the jury, not the judge, should decide whether the evidence shows that \u201che did know it was untrue.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The special counsel pointed out in court that Danchenko did not proactively provide the FBI with the email exchange with Dolan that is now at the center of the indictment, but Danchenko\u2019s team argued in court last week and in legal filings on Monday that the FBI simply never asked for all of his communications with Dolan. <\/p>\n<p>Judge Anthony Trenga, who is presiding over the case, needs to make a ruling on this and other debates before the trial starts on Oct. 11. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>In a separate Monday motion, Danchenko&#8217;s team asked for a series of Justice Department guidelines and training materials related to witness testimony to be allowed in as evidence at trial. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These statements directly contradict the illogical prosecutorial theory employed here by the Special Counsel and are relevant to and support Mr. Danchenko\u2019s defense that he did not knowingly provide false statements to the FBI,&#8221; Danchenko&#8217;s lawyers said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The alleged source behind former spy Christopher Steele&#8217;s infamous anti-Trump dossier has made a series of bombshell claims about the FBI&#8217;s relationship with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1672087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1672085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1672085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1672087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1672085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1672085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1672085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}