Today was the third day of this trial, and the judge in the case has dismissed one of the five charges that Special Counsel John Durham brought against Igor Danchenko, who was one of Christopher Steele's sources. The dismissed charged pertains to whether Danchenko lied to the FBI when he said that he never "talked" to a Democratic operative named Charles Dolan about a particular subject. Durham had emails between the two men on that topic; Danchenko's position was that he specifically said he never "talked" to Dolan about the matter, and the judge agreed: "Criminal liability cannot be imposed based on the literal definition of 'talk.'"Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:46 pm Meanwhile,
Durham rebukes his own witness and slams FBI’s Russia probe after trial setbacks
The remaining four charges wall concern Danchenko having told the FBI that he believed that a Russian businessman (and probable spy) named Sergei Milian had called him in the summer of 2016. Durham argues that Milian never called Danchenko. Milian has refused to return to the U.S. to testify, but even if he did, Danchenko's position is that it doesn't matter, because he has consistently said that he once believed the call he got was from Milian.
Additionally, FBI agents have said that Danchenko became one of their most valuable sources for Russian counterintelligence and that Durham blew that all to hell by charging him.