Primary source of Steele dossier Igor Danchenko acquitted of lying to FBI
CBSN
Igor Danchenko, the Russian analyst considered the primary source of the "Steele dossier," a 2016 opposition research report filled with unproven, compromising personal and financial information about then-candidate Donald Trump, walked out of federal court on Tuesday after a jury cleared him of all charges of making false statements to the FBI.
Danchenko's case stems from special counsel John Durham's probe into the origins of the Russia investigation. In 2019, Attorney General Bill Barr tasked Durham with reviewing the FBI's handling of the investigation into Russia's connection with the 2016 Trump campaign.
The jury in Alexandria, Va., acquitted Danchenko on the four counts after about 11 hours of deliberations over two days. Danchenko looked emotional after the verdict was read.
