John Durham Requests 30 Subpoenas in Trial Against Steele Dossier Source

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Special counsel John Durham asked a federal court to send out 30 subpoenas for testimony in the pending trial against research analyst Igor Danchenko, who was the alleged main source for the discredited โ€œSteele dossierโ€ that targeted former President Donald Trump.

In a June 13 filing, Durhamโ€™s team said, โ€œIt is respectfully requested that the Clerk of said Court issue subpoenas as indicated below for appearance of said Court in Alexandria, Virginia โ€ฆ to testify on behalf of the United Statesโ€ on Oct. 11.

The judge in the case is U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush in 2008.

Danchenko, who has pleaded not guilty, is charged with lying to the FBI. Durham alleges that he made five false statements to the FBI in connection to information he provided to former UK spy Christopher Steele, who was hired by an opposition research company on behalf of a law firm working for Hillary Clintonโ€™s 2016 presidential campaign.

According to Durhamโ€™s indictment, Danchenkoโ€™s alleged fabrications โ€œwere material to the FBI because โ€ฆ the FBIโ€™s investigation of the Trump Campaign reliedโ€ on the dossier to obtain secretive warrants to spy on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

โ€œThe FBI ultimately devoted substantial resources attempting to investigate and corroborate the allegations contained inโ€ the dossier, including whether Danchenkoโ€™s sub-sources were reliable, the indictment states. The dossier and information provided by Danchenko โ€œplayed a role in the FBIโ€™s investigative decisions and in sworn representations that the FBI made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court throughout the relevant time period,โ€ according to last yearโ€™s complaint.

Steele Dossier

Memos compiled by Steeleโ€”collectively known as the Steele dossierโ€”claimed that Trump colluded with Russian officials to help him defeat Clinton in 2016. Trump has categorically denied the allegations, saying theyโ€™re part of a longstanding Democrat-backed narrative designed to discredit him.

Byย Jack Phillips

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