U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga on Friday dismissed one count of lying to the FBI that Special Counsel John Durham brought against Igor Danchenko, the primary source for Christopher Steele’s infamous dossier.
Durham brought several charges of lying to the FBI against Danchenko as part of his investigation into the origins of Russiagate. However, Judge Trenga dismissed one of five counts of lying to the FBI after Danchenko’s attorneys bought a motion to dismiss following the end of the prosecution’s case-in-chief.
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 11: Russian analyst Igor Danchenko arrives at the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse for his trial on October 11, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia. Danchenko faces five counts of lying to the FBI over his sources as to claims made in the “Christopher Steele Dossier” as part of the investigation of Special Counsel John Durham into the origins of the FBI probe of alleged collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.
Judge Trenga said the criminal code regarding false statements “are not to be loosely construed,” and that the questioner had the burden to “pin the witness down,” Fox News“That the FBI wanted to obtain as much information as possible doesn’t change the meaning of the words used,” Trenga
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