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Champp

(2,114 posts)
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:44 AM Nov 2021

Analyst who worked on Steele dossier arrested as part of Trump-era DOJ investigation

An analyst who worked on the so-called Steele dossier — the salacious, largely unverified collection of former President Donald Trump's links to Russia — was arrested on a federal indictment Thursday, a senior Justice Department official confirmed to NBC News.

Igor Danchenko, who's been described as the dossier's primary researcher, was arrested as part of an investigation by John Durham, the special counsel appointed by Trump’s Justice Department to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation.

Danchenko is expected to appear in federal court in Virginia Thursday afternoon. The exact charges are unclear.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/analyst-who-worked-steele-dossier-arrested-part-trump-era-doj-n1283197

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Analyst who worked on Steele dossier arrested as part of Trump-era DOJ investigation (Original Post) Champp Nov 2021 OP
NBC lies: "largely unverified collection of former President Donald Trump's links to Russia" lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #1
I heard the same thing on MSNBC. MontanaMama Nov 2021 #2
But the RepubliFascist Machine still has Durham in place Champp Nov 2021 #3
+1 2naSalit Nov 2021 #16
Yeah but the Garland DOJ is quietly making sure of...... well nothing I guess. dem4decades Nov 2021 #22
When did this happen? Phoenix61 Nov 2021 #4
What a load of lies. They don't give a single example. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #10
The only thing I know of offhand is that there's no evidence Cohen went to Prague Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #13
His cell phone went to Prague. tetedur Nov 2021 #15
He could've blown Trump/Russia wide open if he was there secretly meeting Russian officials Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #19
The last indictment was so weak this will be amusing to see LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #5
Durham Bullshit. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #24
Why is Durham allowed to continue this charade? triron Nov 2021 #27
"The exact charges are unclear" tells me what I need to know. Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #6
Yup - need to find a way to rein this asshole in, or arrest him for false arrest. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #8
I think you might mean... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #17
Damn - I need a 3rd cup of coffee. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #20
Lying to the FBI... from the WSJ WarGamer Nov 2021 #18
well, let's hope this is as big a boomerang as the last one. mopinko Nov 2021 #7
The total # of things in the Steele Dossier that have been dis-proven is zero. Botany Nov 2021 #9
NBC is the new Fox. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #11
It's Comcastic. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #12
The pee pee story* is salacious and sure fire click bait but the big part of the Steele Dossier .... Botany Nov 2021 #14
The House Intelligence Committee needs to call a special public session now Champp Nov 2021 #21
Corporate media misinformation; this is totally obnoxious. triron Nov 2021 #23
Something more important than protecting the country from insurrection. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #25
More important to Putin and white nationalists. triron Nov 2021 #26
Seth Abramson has some comments on this which are worth reading. triron Nov 2021 #28
Utter bullshit. Goddamn media. triron Nov 2021 #29
here's the Danchenko indictment cadoman Nov 2021 #30
Former spy Christopher Steele warns that 'Russian hostility is growing' triron Nov 2021 #31

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
1. NBC lies: "largely unverified collection of former President Donald Trump's links to Russia"
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:46 AM
Nov 2021

They seem to be in Camp Putin. Large portions of the Steele Dossier have been verified by other sources, including the Mueller report. Durham should be arrested. None of the dossier, as far as I've heard, has actually been disproven.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
3. But the RepubliFascist Machine still has Durham in place
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:49 AM
Nov 2021

to keep pumping out the Republican-russian bullshit,
in an ongoing war against USA democracy.

dem4decades

(11,241 posts)
22. Yeah but the Garland DOJ is quietly making sure of...... well nothing I guess.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:57 PM
Nov 2021

You want Democrats to vote, show them the justice.

Phoenix61

(16,949 posts)
4. When did this happen?
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:50 AM
Nov 2021

“…but much of the information in the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele has largely been discredited.“

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
10. What a load of lies. They don't give a single example.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:01 PM
Nov 2021

Because there are no examples. None of it has been discredited.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
13. The only thing I know of offhand is that there's no evidence Cohen went to Prague
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:11 PM
Nov 2021

He denies it thoroughly, and I tend to believe him given his current Trump stance.

tetedur

(814 posts)
15. His cell phone went to Prague.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:22 PM
Nov 2021
A mobile phone traced to President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen briefly sent signals ricocheting off cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, at the height of the presidential campaign, leaving an electronic record to support claims that Cohen met secretly there with Russian officials, four people with knowledge of the matter say. During the same period of late August or early September, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians, one of whom remarked that Cohen was in Prague, two people familiar with the incident said. The phone and surveillance data, which have not previously been disclosed, lend new credence to a key part of a former British spy’s dossier of Kremlin intelligence describing purported coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia’s election meddling operation.


Read more at: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/investigations/article219016820.html#storylink=cpy

Discovery will be interesting. . . .
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
19. He could've blown Trump/Russia wide open if he was there secretly meeting Russian officials
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:33 PM
Nov 2021

Yet he went before Congress to testify in a hearing who's entire point was basically "I really hate Trump now" ... and claimed flat out that he knew NOTHING of Trump having dealings with Russians during the campaign. He met with Mueller multiple times as well IIRC, and there was nothing in the Mueller Report saying that happened (although I suppose it could be in the redacted part).

To me it's fair to say that particular part has been at least arguably discredited, this news blurb notwithstanding. And even if he lied about being there it doesn't prove he was meeting secretly with Russians get their help in the elections.

I agree with the general premise that a lot of the dossier is, in fact, NOT discredited, but this particular piece is the one example I think kinda ... is. Which, it's fine and normal for something like that dossier to have, it was never put forth as 100% accurate anyways!

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
24. Durham Bullshit.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 01:24 PM
Nov 2021

This is just more of the same. If anybody needs to be arrested, it's Durham, for false arrests.

Midnight Writer

(21,543 posts)
6. "The exact charges are unclear" tells me what I need to know.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:59 AM
Nov 2021

Trump left behind a runaway special counsel to gum up the works.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. Yup - need to find a way to rein this asshole in, or arrest him for false arrest.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:00 PM
Nov 2021

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2naSalit

(86,039 posts)
17. I think you might mean...
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:28 PM
Nov 2021

Rein in. Which means to gain control over rather than reign which is what a king does.

WarGamer

(12,103 posts)
18. Lying to the FBI... from the WSJ
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:32 PM
Nov 2021

Apparently this guy was interviewed extensively in 2017 re: sourcing for his input to the Steele Dossier and looks like he was fibbing.

Botany

(70,281 posts)
9. The total # of things in the Steele Dossier that have been dis-proven is zero.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:01 PM
Nov 2021

However a lot of things in the dossier have been proven to be true. Including that
we now know that Michael Cohn's was in Prague at the same time that Steele said
he was there (and maybe Ivanka & Jared too) to meet two Russian agents.

Botany

(70,281 posts)
14. The pee pee story* is salacious and sure fire click bait but the big part of the Steele Dossier ....
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:19 PM
Nov 2021

... was that Trump was in debt to Russian Banks (Putin), the Russia Mob, various oligarchs,
China, Saudi Arabia, and his businesses had or were failing and he made money by money
laundering through his real estate.

And that Putin had been cultivating Trump as an asset for years.


* I think it is true because in March of 2013 Trump and some Russians went to club in Las Vegas
that featured golden shower shows. Some of the Russians who went with him were the same ones
who attended Trump Jr & Manafort's meeting in the Trump Tower in June of 2016.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
21. The House Intelligence Committee needs to call a special public session now
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:49 PM
Nov 2021

To either confirm or refute the allegations in the Steele dossier.

Make it a huge public TV thingy. Go over all the Republican-Russian crap. Spill it out in the open once again.

And if the guy arrested today did tell a fib, get that out. But hammer home all the stuff that is true true true.

Play HARDBALL. Drag the confirmed Republican treason out into public view - again and again. Drive the truth home and make the Republicans EAT their lies and their evil treason against America.

triron

(21,914 posts)
23. Corporate media misinformation; this is totally obnoxious.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 01:08 PM
Nov 2021

Something smells really bad. WTF is Garland doing?

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