A jury has heard closing arguments in the trial of a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump.
FILE - Igor Danchenko leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Nov. 4, 2021. A judge on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, tossed out one of five counts against Danchenko, a think-tank analyst charged with lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump.
In closing statements, lawyers for both sides for the first time raised the hyperpolitical environment that first fueled the FBI's probe of Trump, and then the investigation of that investigation ordered by Barr. allege that he essentially fabricated one of his sources when the FBI interviewed him to determine how he derived the material he provided for the dossier.
That said, Danchenko's lawyers say, he had good reason to believe the caller may well have been Millian. The call came just a few days after Danchenko had reached out to Millian over email after a mutual acquaintance brokered a connection over email.
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