Judge drops 1 of 5 charges against Trump-Russia dossier source, in blow to special counsel Durham

[Scott]

 

Alexandria, Virginia CNN  — 

A federal judge on Friday threw out one of five charges against Igor Danchenko, the primary source of the Trump-Russia dossier, in a major setback for special counsel John Durham’s investigation.

The judge dropped one of the five charges against Danchenko, specifically pertaining to the allegation that he lied to the FBI about speaking with a Democratic operative about the anti-Trump dossier.

District Judge Anthony Trenga said in court Friday that Danchenko’s answer to the FBI interviewer “was literally true” and that Durham’s case on that specific charge was too weak to send to the jury. This is a major victory for Danchenko, who has maintained that he told the truth to the FBI agents who were trying to corroborate the dossier in 2017.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/politics/john-durham-trial-igor-danchenko/index.html

 

[riclag]

Johnthan Turley lawyer on Fox earlier.

“He also said the charge that Trenga threw out was the weakest of the five that Danchenko faces”. 

"It strengthens the prosecution case not to have that count because I felt that it was really something that was begging for a hung jury or an acquittal. So they'll go forward on those stronger, more direct counts," the Fox News contributor said. 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/igor-danchenko-trial-shows-mueller-didnt-know-ignored-trump-report-turley

4 more counts to go for allegedly lying to the fbi.

 

[stevenl]

9 minutes ago, riclag said:

Johnthan Turley lawyer on Fox earlier.

“He also said the charge that Trenga threw out was the weakest of the five that Danchenko faces”. 

"It strengthens the prosecution case not to have that count because I felt that it was really something that was begging for a hung jury or an acquittal. So they'll go forward on those stronger, more direct counts," the Fox News contributor said. 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/igor-danchenko-trial-shows-mueller-didnt-know-ignored-trump-report-turley

4 more counts to go for allegedly lying to the fbi.

 

So the judge tosses it, and you try to spin it as a good thing.  ????

[riclag]

37 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So the judge tosses it, and you try to spin it as a good thing.  ????

Two bad actors (intel and denchecko)out to get the anti establishment Trump!
Actually he (denchencko)tried to take it back but the dishonest fbi and doj would have nothing to do with it.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/main-steele-dossier-source-igor-danchenko-was-fbi-operative/. 

Deceptive intel practices, using and paying him to further a narrative imop

 

Edited October 15, 2022 by riclag

[candide]

34 minutes ago, riclag said:

Johnthan Turley lawyer on Fox earlier.

“He also said the charge that Trenga threw out was the weakest of the five that Danchenko faces”. 

"It strengthens the prosecution case not to have that count because I felt that it was really something that was begging for a hung jury or an acquittal. So they'll go forward on those stronger, more direct counts," the Fox News contributor said. 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/igor-danchenko-trial-shows-mueller-didnt-know-ignored-trump-report-turley

4 more counts to go for allegedly lying to the fbi.

 

Even if he'd be convicted for the other charges, it would be very far from the initial ambition of the investigation. 3 years and 3 millions wasted for small fry.

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6 hours ago, candide said:

Even if he'd be convicted for the other charges, it would be very far from the initial ambition of the investigation. 3 years and 3 millions wasted for small fry.

Quite right. The original premise of this investigation was to expose the FBI conspiracy to get Trump. Instead, Durham is now portraying the FBI as dupes. That approach failed in the case of Sussman who was acquitted.

[stevenl]

7 hours ago, riclag said:

Two bad actors (intel and denchecko)out to get the anti establishment Trump!
Actually he (denchencko)tried to take it back but the dishonest fbi and doj would have nothing to do with it.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/main-steele-dossier-source-igor-danchenko-was-fbi-operative/. 

Deceptive intel practices, using and paying him to further a narrative imop

 

Nothing to do with my post.

Deflect away.

[candide]

Another win for Durham! ????

 

Primary source for Trump-Russia dossier acquitted, handing special counsel Durham another trial loss

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/18/politics/durham-investigation-igor-danchenko-trial/index.html

 

What a waste of time and money!

[Scott]

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