2016 ELECTION/INVESTIGATION/RUSSIA: “A Russia analyst who contributed key research to the so-called Steele dossier that detailed alleged ties between ex-President Donald Trump and Russia during the 2016 election was arrested Thursday as part of a probe by special counsel John Durham…
Danchenko, 43, is the third person criminally charged in Durham’s investigation, which is focused on the origins of the federal probe into the Trump campaign’s suspected coordination with Russian agents to influence the outcome of the 2016 race for the White House.”
-Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger, “Durham probe: Analyst charged with lying to FBI about Christopher Steele’s Trump-Russia dossier,” CNBC.com, November 4, 2021