https://newsmax.com/politics/steele-dossier-federal-authorities-arrested-researcher/2021/11/04/id/1043313/An analyst considered the primary researcher of the Steele dossier was arrested Thursday by federal authorities.
Igor Danchenko, 43, was arrested as part of special counsel John Durham's investigation. The Russian citizen and Virginia resident was charged with "five counts of making false statements to the FBI," according to a release issued by the special counsel's office.
Durham's office added that the charges in the indictment stemmed from statements made by Danchenko relating to the sources he used in providing information to a United Kingdom investigative firm that prepared what are identified in the indictment as "Company Reports."
The FBI knew the statements were false and didn't care - narratorA new round of subpoenas came after Durham charged Hillary Clinton's former campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann in an indictment alleging he lied to federal investigators in September 2016, when he gave them data that he claimed showed a connection between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank in Russia.
The phony Steele dossier was created as part of a Democrat effort to discredit former President Donald Trump's election victory.
Danchenko was the primary researcher of the Steele dossier, a compilation of rumors and unproven assertions. He provided information to British ex-spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the accusations about Trump in a series of reports.