JUST IN: Jury acquits Igor Danchenko, Russian national accused of lying to federal investigators about information he collected in 2016 that was included in the now-infamous 'Steele dossier.'
into alleged misconduct by the FBI and intelligence community in their investigation of Trump's ties to Russia.
Danchenko served as a paid FBI informant from 2017 to 2020, when the bureau was pushed to sever its relationship with him after the Justice Department named him as a source for the Steele dossier. Russian analyst Igor Danchenko, center, arrives at the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse for his trial on Oct. 11, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia.The government alleges that false information provided to the FBI by Danchenko was used to renew the bureau's application to continue itsAfter the prosecution rested its case Friday, the defense asked U.S.
In the defense's closing argument, Danchenko attorney Stuart Sears accused prosecutors of being on a "mission to prove [Danchenko] a liar" and said they failed to present evidence which "doesn't support their narrative that he's a liar."
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