U.S. indicts Russian analyst who contributed to 'Steele dossier'
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted the Russian analyst who contributed to the "Steele dossier" alleging potential ties between Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign and Russia, a special prosecutor investigating the matter said on Thursday.
Analyst Igor Danchenko is accused of five counts of making false statements to the FBI relating to sources for the material he gave a British firm that prepared the dossier, said John Durham, the special prosecutor appointed by the U.S. Justice Department during Trump's administration.
At a brief hearing on Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan ordered Danchenko's pretrial release on $100,000 unsecured bail after his lawyer told the court he lived with his family in Virginia.
Danchenko's lawyer indicated his client would plead not guilty to the charges although his plea was not formally entered. A prosecutor said that, if convicted, Danchenko could face up to five years in prison on each count of his indictment.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-analyst-who-helped-compile-steele-dossier-arrested-us-probe-new-york-2021-11-04/
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