The trial of Igor Danchenko, a key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier, ended in Danchenko’s acquittal. But a number of revelations emerged during the trial about Danchenko, dossier author Christopher Steele, and the FBI. FBI Paid Danchenko Nearly $220,000 Filings just before the trial showed Danchenko was a confidential human informant for the FBI. […]
Even before the FBI interviewed Igor Danchenko over three days in late January 2017, the agency wanted to enroll the suspected primary sub-source of the discredited Steele Dossier as a confidential source, according to a document. The document was listed as an exhibit for Danchenko’s trial by his defense but was never formerly entered into evidence, […]
New court testimony gives evidence that the FBI promised one of Christopher Steele’s Russian clients, a Putin ally, big money. Why? To corroborate the document at the center of the Trump–Russia collusion hoax that continues to divide and destabilize America: Steele’s debunked dossier. In this newsmaking episode of Over the Target, Brendon Fallon and Lee […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A key source for the anti-Donald Trump Steele dossier was acquitted on all counts by jurors in Virginia on Oct. 18. Igor Danchenko, a Russian national, was acquitted on four counts of lying to the government after about 10 hours of deliberations. “We’ve known all along that Mr. Danchenko was innocent. We’re happy the […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—An FBI supervisory agent and former bureau analyst both say they were prevented from opening an investigation into a longtime Democratic operative’s relationships with Russians and key players in assembling the anti-Donald Trump dossier authored by former British spy Christopher Steele. FBI special agent Amy Anderson and former FBI counterintelligence expert Brittany Hertzog wanted […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A U.S. judge tossed one of the five counts against a key source for the anti-Donald Trump Steele dossier on Oct. 14, ruling that prosecutors did not present enough evidence for jurors to consider the charge. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that Igor Danchenko, the source, did not […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The FBI paid the primary source of the notorious debunked Steele dossier nearly $220,000 between March 2017 and October 2020 to be a “confidential human source” for the bureau. And Russian business analyst Igor Danchenko was worth every penny of it, FBI special agent Kevin Helson said during the third day of testimony on Oct. […]
The FBI offered former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele $1 million as an “incentive” if he could prove the allegations made in his infamous dossier against former President Donald Trump, a senior FBI analyst revealed on Oct. 11. FBI supervisory counterintelligence analyst Brian Auten made the claim while providing testimony at the criminal trial of Igor Danchenko, a key […]
Top U.S. senators are pressing the FBI’s director and the attorney general for answers on how the government paid the primary source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier, which has been proven to be full of baseless information. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the top […]
A former U.S. national security official warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is stealing data to compile a “dossier” on every American adult and may use coercive means to influence private citizens and political leaders. During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing this week, former Trump deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger said the CCP has […]
With the current flow of news, it’s become easy to miss some intriguing details that serve to highlight an underlying theme: The Steele dossier has been debunked. Christopher Steele is currently involved in litigation in a British court, where he is being sued for defamation by three Russian bankers because of claims Steele made in […]
Former MI6 operative Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous dossier of unverified claims about the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, was worried about then-FBI Director James Comey’s congressional testimony in March 2017, according to text messages between Steele and Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. As Comey was about to testify about the FBI counterintelligence […]
President Donald Trump on Feb. 18 responded to the revelation that Russian nationals had used fake social media accounts to sow discord in the United States. On Friday, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals for using fake social media accounts to sow discord in the United States and undermine confidence […]
High ranking U.S. politicians as well as the FBI and DOJ are attempting to prevent, and discredit, the release of a memo that allegedly details abuses of power at the highest levels of government. The memo written by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is based on nearly a year of research. In a statement […]
Pressure is growing in Washington for the public release of a classified House Intelligence report, which allegedly ties together the FBI, abuses of FISA requests for surveillance, and the Democrat-funded dossier that was used to frame the Trump-Russia narrative. Details on the report, referred to as “The Memo,” are still thin. Several members of Congress […]
A dossier containing Russian disinformation on Donald Trump, which was paid for by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, was used by the FBI to obtain a warrant to spy on then-candidate Donald Trump’s team, reports an award-winning national security reporter. Citing multiple sources, Sara Carter wrote on her website that the FBI used […]
