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John Durham scrutinizes Steele dossier source through Brookings Institution subpoena: Report

2021-04-13

[Washington Examiner] Special counsel John Durham is reportedly scrutinizing British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s main source for his discredited dossier, using a subpoena to obtain documents from the Brookings Institution related to its employment of Igor Danchenko,

...finally we have his full name...

a researcher who visited Russia in 2016 as he worked for the ex-MI6 agent.
"The walls are closing in!"
The New York Times reported on Monday, citing "people familiar with the investigation,"

Me, meee!!! I’m familiar with the investigation — PICK MEEE!! I can tell you anything you want to hear, I promise! (Even if I have to make stuff up...)

that Durham "has keyed in on the FBI’s handling of a notorious dossier of political opposition research both before and after the bureau started using it to obtain court permission to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser." The outlet said Durham obtained records from the left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C., related to Danchenko, who worked for the organization from 2005 to 2010 as a Russia researcher but is best known as the main source for Steele’s discredited Trump-Russia dossier in 2016.

The new report said in February, before Merrick Garland was confirmed as attorney general, Durham "obtained old personnel files and other documents" related to Danchenko from the Brookings Institution through a subpoena.

Michael Cavadel, the general counsel at Brookings, said the subpoena was received on New Year’s Eve and the think tank took until February to produce the documents to Durham in part because of coronavirus-related delays. Cavadel told the New York Times that "Brookings provided the responsive documents, none of which contained information associated with the reports known as the Steele dossier."

The news report said Durham "has also asked questions that suggested a focus on skepticism about how the FBI approached issues that might have undermined the dossier’s credibility as a basis for wiretap applications" and that Durham has been asking why the FBI did not tell the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that Danchenko "had once been the subject of a counterintelligence investigation."

Posted by:Besoeker

#5 Durham is thinking about permanent employment. Drag his feet and he has a job forever. Or at least until a Republican with some balls gets elected and tosses him out on his pointed head like a lawn dart.

Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 2021-04-13 21:50

#4 No hurry, John. Take your time.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-04-13 12:31

#3 Too bad that no one has thought to investigate the Brookings involvement with the Islamist rulers of Qatar and the Brookings outpost located there.

Posted by: b 2021-04-13 11:20

#2 Any day now... you'll see, trust me, it's gonna be huge I'm tellin' ya

Posted by: Thusing Crineth4178 2021-04-13 11:06

#1 Yawn

Posted by: Uninegum Tojo2015 2021-04-13 07:53

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