Special Counsel John Durham has sought to cast Igor Danchenko as having misled the bureau. But an FBI agent testified that he was a valuable source.
, criticizing what he described as lapses in vetting Danchenko or the information in the Steele reports. Durham’s combative questioning has come after the FBI officials, Helson and a supervisory intelligence analyst named Brian Auten, agreed with defense attorneys that Danchenko had been an uncommonly valuable source. Durham has sought to cast Danchenko as an evasive fabricator, who made up conversations with those he claimed to be sources.Under questioning from defense attorney Stuart A.
Helson said he and another special agent would mine Danchenko for information — and pay him for his reports — in face-to-face meetings in Northern Virginia, the first three of which he recorded. Helson also sought a six-figure payout for Danchenko when his informant relationship was closed in fall 2020, he said.The FBI agent said he grew concerned when the Justice Department, under then-Attorney General William P.
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