Mainecat Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Steele dossier source acquitted, in loss for special counsel Durham Source: Washington Post A on Tuesday found Igor Danchenko — a private researcher who was a primary source for a 2016 dossier of allegations about former president Donald Trump’s ties to Russia — not guilty of lying to the FBI about where he got his information.The verdict in federal court in Alexandria, Va., is another blow for special counsel John Durham, who has now lost both cases that have gone to trial as part of his nearly 3½-year investigation. Durham, who was asked by Attorney General William P. Barr in 2019 to review the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign in 2016, is sure to face renewed pressure to wrap up his work following the verdict. Trump predicted Durham would uncover “the crime of the century” inside the U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies that investigated his campaign’s links to Russia. But so far, no one charged by the special counsel has gone to prison, and only one government employee has pleaded guilty to a criminal offense. In both trials this year, Durham argued that people deceived FBI agents, not that investigators corruptly targeted Trump. Durham, a longtime federal prosecutor who was U.S. attorney in Connecticut during the Trump administration, personally argued much of the government’s case against Danchenko. The special counsel alleged Danchenko misled the FBI officials asking in 2017 about his sources, after the agency determined the researcher was the unnamed person behind some of the most explosive allegations about Trump in reports compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. The trial could be Durham’s last. A grand jury that the special counsel had been using in Alexandria is now inactive, people familiar with the matter have told The Washington Post, though the status of a similar panel in D.C. was not immediately clear. To win a conviction, Durham had to convince jurors both that Danchenko lied and that his deception had a “material” impact on the FBI’s investigation of possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Defense attorneys argued that Danchenko believed what he was telling agents was true and that it was not a crime to give unsure answers to imprecise questions. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/18/igor-danchenko-john-durham-verdict/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Banks find that banks did no wrong in investigation run by banks.... fucking moron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted October 18, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 18, 2022 Raise your hand....who gives a fuck about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, f7ben said: Banks find that banks did no wrong in investigation run by banks.... fucking moron You have 5 minutes to kill yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Raise your hand....who gives a fuck about this? Many here did. Durham was a hero to many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F3600 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 So the FBI admits the dossier was false, used it for FISA warrants, investigated it, but nobody lied to them? So that only leaves the conclusion the FBI is corrupt or incompetent. Pretty amazing that those Trump guys all got pinched for lying to the FBI. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Another Trump loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Win for the American ppl.. more evidence of how one sided extremely corrupt the government has become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Pete said: Win for the American ppl.. more evidence of how one sided extremely corrupt the government has become. Minneapolis and Washington DC are two cities I wouldn't want a jury trial in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Another coincidence? Is Trump and his minions being being held back by US laws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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