Posted on 04/13/2021 12:51:00 AM PDT by blueplum
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, a researcher who visited Russia in 2016 as he worked for the ex-MI6 agent.
The New York Times reported on Monday, citing “people familiar with the investigation," 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” ...
...Durham discovered that U.S.-based and Russia-trained Danchenko, Steele’s primary sub-source, was investigated by the FBI as a possible “threat to national security," according to documents declassified by then-Attorney General William Barr ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“How long can he do all this scrutinizen?”
When’s he’s eligible to retire from the fedral gubment?
It’s also important to keep in mind Brookings’ biggest funders are Bill Gates and the Qatari government. What a pair that is.
I believe they’ve also accepted money from client corporations of the CCP, like Huawei for instance.
Seems he has to do a whole heap of investigaten’ too. Could take a long time scrutinizen and investigaten and all that kinds thing.
You know how it is with these here G men.
"Don't Kill The Job"
John! Where you been?! It’s been years...we thought you were on some Caribbean Island off grid...
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