Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier
2 years, 2 months ago

Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The sole conviction — an FBI lawyer admitted altering an email related to the surveillance of a former Trump aide — was for conduct uncovered not by Durham but by the Justice Department’s inspector general, and the two cases that Durham took to trials ended in full acquittals. The Danchenko case was the first of the three to delve deeply into the origins of the “Steele dossier,” a compendium of allegations that Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was colluding with the Kremlin. They said that phone records show no evidence of a call, and that Danchenko had no reason to believe Millian, a Trump supporter he’d never met, was suddenly going to be willing to provide disparaging information about Trump to a stranger. Trenga nearly threw out all of the charges before the trial began, citing the legal strength of Danchenko’s defense, but allowed the case to proceed in what he described as “an extremely close call.” ___ Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.

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Raw Story  

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Hindustan Times  

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Associated Press  

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Raw Story  

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Judge dismisses 1 of 5 counts against Trump dossier source
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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Russian analyst set to face trial on charges of lying to FBI
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Associated Press  

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Judge rules naughty bits off limits at Trump dossier trial

Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Raw Story  

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Associated Press  

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NPR  

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3 years, 1 month ago

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Associated Press  

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NPR  

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3 years, 1 month ago

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying

LA Times  

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3 years, 3 months ago

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Associated Press  

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LA Times  

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