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Government Corruption
Steele Dossier Source Igor Danchenko Acquitted of Lying to FBI
2022-10-19
See here for interesting details from trial testimony.
[Breitbart] Igor Danchenko, the primary source for Christopher Steele’s debunked dossier, was acquitted on Tuesday of lying to the FBI, dealing a blow to Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of Russiagate.

Danchenko faced four counts of lying to the FBI about his interactions with Sergei Millian, former head of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce. Politico reported:

Danchenko told the FBI that he received a call in July 2016 from an unidentified man who shared derogatory information about Trump. The Russian researcher said he believed the man was Millian and that the pair agreed to meet up in New York, but the man never showed.

Durham’s team argued Danchenko never contacted Millian at all and used the story for cover after he told Steele Million was the source of his information that ultimately made its way into Steele’s Democrat-funded dossier.

"There was no call with Millian and there was no call with any individual," prosecutor Michael Keilty said during closing statements. "It’s a not-to-be believed story."

However, Danchenko’s attorneys argued that "he was trying to help the FBI, and now they are prosecuting him for it."
Yes, but he was knowingly help them lie in order to undo Donald Trump’s win in the 2016 election.
Danchenko initially faced five counts of lying to the FBI, but U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga dismissed one count on Friday at the end of the prosecution’s case-in-chief.

The four-day trial ended Tuesday after the jury deliberated for nine hours and found Danchenko not guilty on all four charges.

"While we are disappointed in the outcome, we respect the jury’s decision and thank them for their service," Durham said in a statement. "I also want to recognize and thank the investigators and the prosecution team for their dedicated efforts in seeking truth and justice in this case."

Danchenko’s case is the third criminal case Durham has brought as part of his investigation. Durham successfully received a guilty plea from FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith for falsifying an email related to a FISA application. However, Clinesmith served no jail time and was sentenced to probation.
Related:
Igor Danchenko: 2022-10-12 FBI offered Steele $1 million dollars if he could corroborate allegations in the dossier. - He could not- FBI had no corroboration of allegations in the dossier, but, nevertheless inserted it into the FISA Application for Page
Igor Danchenko: 2022-10-11 Can the FBI's Reputation Sink Any Lower?
Igor Danchenko: 2022-10-10 Russian analyst set to face trial on charges of lying to FBI
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  Wondering out loud how many Jurists and/or Family members recently "bumped" into Federal related agencies (IRS).

Well, yeah. Who's gonna prosecute the eff bee eye for jury tampering?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-19 12:19  

#14  This acquittal will be presented to us as proof the Russia dossier is true…
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-10-19 10:43  

#13  /\ Entirely plausible.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-10-19 10:39  

#12  Seems like Durham knew he couldn't get a conviction, even of low hanging fruit, so he laid out the FBI's corruption for all to see. Its unsatisfying but might be helpful when it comes time to consider what to do with the FBI.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-10-19 10:37  

#11  The Dark Side of Jury Nullification....
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-10-19 09:21  

#10  The problem with this case was the issue of 'materiality'.

To be found guilty your lie has to have a material consequence.

Since the FBI was going to spy on the Trump campaign anyway it didn't matter much that Danchenko lied because the FBI would have found another POS person to come up with something.

This is the same problem as the earlier trial.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-10-19 09:12  

#9  ordered to undergo substance-abuse and mental-health counseling

in The Swamp that’s a badge of honor.

Like getting your “red wings” for a Hell’s Angel
Posted by: Nate B Forrest    2022-10-19 08:54  

#8  

Wondering out loud how many Jurists and/or Family members recently "bumped" into Federal related agencies (IRS).

Posted by:  ☻   2022-10-19 08:03  

#7  K-A-B-U-K-I
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-19 07:45  

#6  Two years ago, Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations outed this psychotic liar and convicted criminal:

The mysterious “Primary Subsource” that Christopher Steele has long hidden behind to defend his discredited Trump-Russia dossier is a former Brookings Institution analyst -- Igor “Iggy” Danchenko, a Russian national whose past includes criminal convictions and other personal baggage ignored by the FBI in vetting him and the information he fed to Steele, according to congressional sources and records obtained by RealClearInvestigations. Agents continued to use the dossier as grounds to investigate President Trump and put his advisers under counter-espionage surveillance.

The 42-year-old Danchenko, who was hired by Steele in 2016 to deploy a network of sources to dig up dirt on Trump and Russia for the Hillary Clinton campaign, was arrested, jailed and convicted years earlier on multiple public drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges in the Washington area and ordered to undergo substance-abuse and mental-health counseling, according to criminal records. …

A newly declassified FBI summary of the FBI-Danchenko meeting reveals agents learned that key allegations in the dossier, which claimed Trump engaged in a “well-developed conspiracy of cooperation” with the Kremlin against Clinton, were largely inspired by gossip and bar talk among Danchenko and his drinking buddies, most of whom were childhood friends from Russia.
Posted by: Billy B   2022-10-19 07:43  

#5  Getting agents of Deep State convicted in Washington for obvious crimes is about as likely as a Klansman getting convicted in Deep South circa 1890-1970 for killing a black man. Strange that in both cases you would be dealing with Democratic Party dominated populations.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-19 07:37  

#4  Total clownshow.

Danchenko is a known nut job and a hardcore alcoholic.
His girlfriend Olga Galkina is also a known nut job and a hardcore alcoholic. They’ve both been fired and/or sued by former employers for their lies and slander.

More on Olga, the whack job who came up with Steele’s ridiculous lies:
A Key Source for Steele Dossier Was an Alcoholic Female Lawyer Living In Cyprus Who Danchenko Had Known Since 8th Grade
RedState
October 28, 2020


Posted by: Billy B   2022-10-19 07:31  

#3  John Durham is the Mario Mendoza of Prosecutors
Posted by: Airandee   2022-10-19 06:57  

#2  Ok, so home by Kwanzaa possibly ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-10-19 05:43  

#1  
"Ha ha, we are the eff bee eye, judge. It's impossible to lie to us."

"Very well then. Acquited."
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-10-19 04:55  

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