Igor Danchenko was a well-known fabricator of (dis)information long before the FBI made the purposeful decision to enlist him in their Trump targeting efforts. Specifically because Danchenko had no moral compass to the truth he was particularly useful for the FBI effort. This was the big problem for John Durham in prosecuting Danchenko for material lies the FBI knew from the outset were false.
How does the same DOJ who used the lies for their political purposes, then prosecute the liar for the false information? That was always the structural flaw in any case brought by Durham. As a result, the trial was not so much about the lying Danchenko as it was about the lying FBI and their use of Danchenko.
A jury found Igor Danchenko not guilty on four counts of lying to the FBI, on four occasions. (1) Danchenko told FBI agents he received a phone call in late July 2016 Sergei Millian. However, Danchenko knew he had never received a call from Millian. (2) Danchenko gave a false statement to FBI agents that he “was under the impression” that the late July 2016 call was from Millian. (3) Danchenko falsely stated to FBI agents that he believed he spoke to Millian on the phone on more than one occasion. And (4) Danchenko lied that he “believed he has spoken to [Millian] on the telephone,” when Danchenko well knew he had never spoken to Millian.
The FBI didn’t care about the details of the lies that were told to them; the lies served a purpose. The FBI purpose was to use the Steele Dossier as the foundation for a fraudulent all-encompassing search warrant against the Trump campaign and presidency, using Carter Page. That construct was always the motive of the DOJ/FBI use of Danchenko, Chris Steele and the infamous dossier that gave the DOJ the patina they needed for the FISA application.
The trial itself showed how corrupt the FBI and DOJ were in this scheme by: A) offering Chris Steele $1 million for proof of the dossier content. B) By making Danchenko a confidential human source for two years to shield him, “sources and methods”, from investigative inquiry. C) By paying Danchenko $200,000 for his time as a useful tool and confidential human source.
As noted in the summary of the trial by Technofog:
[…] “What is more important is that which informs our understanding of the Trump/Russia investigation and the FBI/DOJ/Mueller misconduct that sparked Crossfire Hurricane and continued through the Mueller investigation. That information was revelatory. The institutions were on trial alongside Danchenko, with Durham recognizing in closing arguments that “the FBI mishandled the investigation at issue.” And the institutions rightly suffered. Danchenko might have been spared, but is there any reasonable doubt as to the FBI’s incompetence – and guilt? (read more)
As CTH has stated from the outset of the entire scheme, the problem is institutional corruption. The personnel, administration, leadership and participants, within the DOJ, DOJ-NSD and FBI are corrupt.
Institutions do not become corrupt by themselves. People within the institutions are the cause of the corruption, and every person attached to the Trump-Russia investigation – including Robert Mueller, are corrupt. It was a scheme in 2016, which became a coverup operation in 2017, which became an explosive institutional problem in 2019 which Bill Barr was trying to manage.
Institutional Preservation – Bill Barr applied the Bondo to the rusted framework of the DOJ and FBI, and John Durham applied the spray paint by not targeting anyone inside the justice department.
John Durham only focused, perhaps because he was only allowed to focus, on the external participants to the originating schemes. One thing is clear, John Durham never once mentioned the corrupt nature of the Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissmann coverup operation.
Danchenko was represented by the same lawyers representing Hillary Clinton because at the heart of Danchenko’s intent was an effort to support Hillary Clinton in the 2016 October surprise they were constructing using fabricated claims of Trump colluding with Russia to win the election.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A jury has found Russian national Igor Danchenko not guilty on four false statements charges, declining to convict him for the allegations that the main source of British ex-spy Christopher Steele had lied to the FBI about his sourcing for the discredited anti-Trump dossier.
The jury reached their decision on Tuesday after less than two days of deliberations, delivering John Durham another defeat in his long-running investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators, after the special counsel lost another false statements case against a Clinton campaign lawyer in May. (more)
Washington DC protects itself.
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1582473205431738369
Igor Danchenko found not guilty on all counts.
No shock – it's hard to win a false statements case when the FBI and Mueller were uninterested in pursuing the truth.
Here are the most important highlights from the trial – https://t.co/fs9nWgry9c
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) October 18, 2022
Suspicious cat!
Protecting the GAE is tough business…
Lots of lies and fake trials for the masses.
an illegitimate government is incapable of issuing legitimate laws, rulings, or enforcement.
Just yesterday my friend asked me why I think Joe Biden has not been impeached yet. My answer was How do you legally impeach an illegitimate president? She looked at me and said, well that’s one way of looking at it. She laughed, I didn’t.
I wonder what the odds makers in Vegas had this at?
Tried in the EDVA, which lives off the teat of the Federal government.
Will we get a vote count?
How about Durham trotting out references to “conspiracy”?
If I were a Billionaire, I’d enlist those large billboard trucks to drive through DC, Georgetown, Alexandia, etc., with large messages:
– The FBI lied
– The DOJ lied
– 27 Crooked DOJ attorneys erased their Federal smartphones
– Etc
For weeks.
Could Durham have prosecuted 27 corrupt DOJ attorneys for erasing their phones? Ipso facto illegal, & Conspiracy.
Then tap the NSA for the records.
Nope. The Swamp. I never knew how corrupt we are. Chilling.
Can Devin Nunes now – please publish all of the criminal referrals he made to the DOJ?
I wouldn’t hold my breath
Waiting on Nunes
Why wasn’t FBI lawyer James Baker charged with obstructing justice in the Sussman case? He did obstruct justice, by his own admission. Durham is a bust…
It is odd to now believe unshakeably that all our Western governments are utterly corrupt.
Here in Canada..the U.K. ( where I was born)
The “ Big Daddy “ is the U.S.A. though.
Especially the District of Columbia.
The election, and subsequent persecution of President Trump and all things President Trump.
Has altered forever the perspective of millions.
Not just the perspective but the lives of millions.
Billions.
Deke it has definitely forever altered the perspective of millions.
Some of us have just had our suspicions verified.
Others, the larger number, were red pilled. The severity of the red pilling varies.
The capital of the Empire (US) tells vassal states what to do through encouragement and passive aggression. Romans did this until they popped like all Empires.
No direct input or control required.
Once people accept this we might be able to beak the two party ruse and get actual politics.
Boy, Dr. Jordan Peterson despises your PM.
Perhaps, Dekester, we were meant to have the scales fall from our eyes, by the only means that could make it happen. This is something I’ve been contemplating for a long, long time.
Mysterious ways…you know what I mean.
The “Danchenko Not Guilty” headline is likely all that the majority of the public will ever read before turning to other fake news narratives that also reinforce the Deep State’s 5+ decades-long blue-pilling of the public (un)consciousness…
The sad thing is that most Americans have no clue who Danchenko is, and why in the world they should even care he’s not guilty of something. Biggest concern of theirs? …where is the nearest Starbucks?
“Sadly” – Yes -I agree! It is unfortunate that so many people remain clueless about what has been happening in the criminally corrupt federal government, because the government’s lapdogs – the MSM – have obediently abdicated their journalistic responsibilities and instead kept the public ignorant.
Thank heavens for the Alternate media, especially CTH.
Can you imagine what a real investigation would have done . all of the ammunition was right here on the pages of the treehouse for all to see thanks to Sundance. An opportunity purposely missed
R.D.
I get the big picture, but I still don’t get the little one. Why did the jury acquit Danchenko? If he is not guilty, the jury must believe (a) he told the truth; (b) what he said was not material; and/or (c) the FBI wasn’t deceived. Which?
If a liar declines the liars’ bribe and then he continues to lie to the liars who protect him, the verdict is obvious. Justice has been served.
Technically he didn’t lie to the FBI.
– get it?
The wrong trial took place.
He never lied to the FBI, he was paid for a story, the FBI ran with it and used it to get the warrant on trump, then they hired and paid Danchenko. So in the left leaning DC jury, he never lied-not guilty.
Imagine my surprise
Now what?
Who’s next in line to be held to account for this?
Conservatives.
Exactly. The next phase is Punishment of the Innocent.
A lot of noise lately of Durham closing up shop. If true, your answer is that nobody will be held to account.
Who knows if Durham will write a report. Not that I believe he will be forthcoming about the true sources of these crimes.
Nor do I have any faith in Garland releasing any Durham report.
Durham is not the Last Resort for all of this.
No one is to be held to account — that’s the point of a corrupt system; and our system is as corrupt as it gets. We are no different than all those 3rd world disasters we used to point at. And our corruption is not just at the Federal level. We are corrupt all the way through, from top to bottom — just look at all those school boards (all elected by “we the people”) responsible for feeding all the nonsense into children. School boards are about as Local as you can get. I don’t know how such a corrupt system is rehabilitated; I’m not sure it can be or should be. Sometime in the future there will be a reckoning and it won’t be peaceful.
No solutions, only tradeoffs.
Repealing the 17th, 19th and 26th amendments would correct the problem. That and reversing Reynolds v. Sims. And term limits.
And add to your list: no stipend for elected officials — only patriots need apply.
Those who tell the truth and did absolutely nothing will be held to account.
The gulags in DC are one of the makers of what is to come.
We keep calling these people Communists or Fascists or some other kind of “ist”.
DC is a run by a criminal cartel.
If you understand that, then everything else makes sense.
And if you understand that you can also understand that Communism or Fascism are simply labels, put on criminal gangs designed to make them appeal to ignorant people as legitimate political parties. The ideologies have, no doubt, a great many intellectual supporters believing and willing to discuss all the intricate details of each but, in practice they always amount to the same thing, a new way to seize power and make money. Call it tyranny. Call it criminals running wild. It’s the same thing. The closest comparison to modern political parties is the crime families we used to call the mafia. The purpose is the same, to control in order to leach off the efforts of others and collect cash by virtue of the control and threat of force. The government feared by our founders has long since arrived and instead of protecting our liberties, they operate a protection racket occasionally allowing us to do things deemed socially beneficial. Just like in crime families, the most ruthless rise to the top, and loyalty is rewarded above all.
The comments @ TF’s site are worth reading, some cat is on there claiming that PDJT ordered the witch hunt by making Barr appoint Durham, well worth your time.
He claims he worked doing GOP op research and the whole Steele D and on was a Bush op.
Except we already know, for a fact, that this was a Clinton op. Which is why nobody will pay for their crimes.
This is what TF says about the poster/troll. So gracious
Techno Fog
We allow Gene to comment, if only to exercise grace in the face of stupidity. We hope that he one day sees the light and disavows his ignorance.
I see a whole new period of arkancide! The Deep State just can’t risk the truth of this all being made public!
“If that effen bastard wins, we’ll all be hanging from nooses!” — Felonia von Pantsuit in her tirade after Matt Lauer’s Today Show interview in September 2016.
America is done, last one leaving, please turn out the lights….
Not yet.
The Chinese want mainland North America.
However what they do NOT want is its current occupants.
No. Our enemies are doomed.
Fear not.
So Durham supplies the information on the FBI and DOJ being corrupted over the Russia Russia hoax. Thank you Durham, a great job that took how long and spent how many taxpayer dollars to achieve what? I know, information that our media will run with and have a field day smashing away at those who were the corrupters. I can’t wait to see how many votes will change due to his intrepid efforts!
I am going to my refrigerator and grab some beers, go outside to the patio, look up into the blue skies of New Mexico and wonder if justice will ever take place for those who damaged President Trump, who allowed Biden and his pals to steal an election, who used American tax dollars to enrich themselves.
Then, as severe clinical depression sets in, I will try to find my favorite water pistol to end it all…what a joke this has been, a very bad joke for our country as I can’t find my pistol and will have to spend twice as much for a replacement.
Perhaps Obama will invite me to the grand party in Hawaii where he will celebrate his new multi million dollar mansion by the ocean. I know who will be there, smiling and laughing at how dumb so many Americans are…as the illegals line up for those entry level jobs at low wages, as thousands of homeless wish they too were given new clothes, monies and a smart phone.
I intend to make a second pass at the refrigerator for more beer, look in my closet to see if I have warm clothes and ask a neighbor where the local homeless camp is so that I can plan my escape into a world where government (read mommy and daddy) will take care of me for the rest of my life.
I am so lucky…Durham is my new hero and we all need heroes! I’ll put some Tequila into that water pistol and shoot myself in the mouth till the cows come home!
Thanks for the visual😏
Funny that R.J.. I remember when Durham was announced as the straight shooter we could count on to doggedly pursue justice, after discovering the truth no matter where it took him.
This criminal enterprise needs a fixer to come after it. Even if Trump is reelected what will change from the first go around?
With all due respect, unless Trump calls out the civilian army to clean things up while holding the corrupt military and police force at bay, this is but one more sad story in the downfall of our country.
What excuse is the Karate Kid (Sean Hannity) going to come up with to explain this? <sarc>
I wish i even cared anymore. Nothing changes, Voting sucks. Elect your Party and they still suck
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about 🙂
Strawberry fields forever.
Of course he was not found guilty.
But I guarantee the 87 year old woman, a Holocaust survivor will be…arrested and persecuted for the egregious crime of trying to persuade putative mothers seeking to murder their children to please reconsider abortion, to give the blood of their blood a chance of life. Eleven years in prison for that heinous crime.
Justice? No such thing in Biden’s resurrected Stalinist government.
It isn’t just Biden ‘s resurrected Stalinist government, it is everybody in the District of Criminals. This includes waitresses, bartenders, cab drivers, bus drivers, clerks and even homeless people. They are all together corrupt. Remember, 95% of the citizens of D.C. voted for Biden. I truly believe that election result.
Funny how all Team Fed defendants either get an Acquittin’ Jury or an overdue book fine.
Now you know why the prosecutors sounded mean the other day–to keep up the pretense that there are two sides engaged in an adversarial process. Crooked Cops, please.
It’s like Obama negotiating with Iran–there is only one party at the table.
Igor Danchenko not guilty on all counts.
Was there any doubt?
The f*#@kin’ you get, for the F*#@kin’ you got.
Dc jury pool.
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, will cast them down
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
Amen!
Amen brother Amen
The original premise was based on lies which the FIB knew and refused to investigate. Half the country will believe that the not guilty verdict means the dossier was true. Fruit of the poisonous tree.
DC is the drain and we are all circling it.
Every man for himself.
It is the Cocytus of our land!!
Infuriating.
Expected.
Still, infuriating.
Not guilty? Come on man. You didn’t think anyone was going to jail, did you?
Remember this: No one is going to jail. Period. Get over it.
If it serves me right NO democrats have gone to jail. ONLY Republicans favoring President Trump go to jail. A two teared justice system! A jury pool that is bribed by the DC democrat party. Open your eyes Republicans. Your namby-Pambyism has destroyed the Republican Party. Get real and release that cold hard anger and do what is right!
Except the J6 prisoners, the pro-life fighters, any conservative that speaks against the party line, they’re coming for our churches. Not much left of our Constitution’s 1st and 2nd ammendments!
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/16/john-durham-questions-fbi-witnesses-to-highlight-robert-muellers-lies-to-congress-yes-durham-is-publicly-exposing-the-intent-and-extent-of-special-counsel-corruption-but/
Robert Mueller is in front of congress in July 2019, answering questions about Chris Steele, the dossier and the Steele sources therein. Mueller was able to deflect and dodge answering questions about it because AG Bill Barr put John Durham into place in May 2019.
When Robert Mueller is saying there’s another group in the DOJ looking specifically at the Chris Steele, Dossier, Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson aspect to the fraudulent 2016/2017 claims about Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 election, he is talking about the John Durham investigation.
Mueller is citing Durham as the reason why his purview, and subsequent report as released, did not include the Steele dossier, Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson information.
Mueller is saying that stuff is the responsibility of “the other internal investigative unit,” ie. John Durham.
When you stand back and remind yourself of the Bill Barr statements and affirmations about the ‘integrity’ and ‘honor’ of Robert Mueller, one can only accept that AG Bill Barr put John Durham into place in May 2019, immediately following Robert Mueller’s completed investigation, April 2019, so that Mueller would have a shield for why the origin of the Trump-Russia is outside his purview.
This is how they use silos as weapons and shields. Not in my purview is the same as not in my silo.
Mueller was citing Durham as the reason his team did not expand their probe to fully investigate Chris Steele et al. Mueller’s special counsel has an escape hatch for why they did nothing with their own investigative findings…. That was John Durham’s job. This is the outrage trap.
AG Bill Barr established John Durham’s probe (silo) so that Robert Mueller’s probe (silo) would have cover.
If John Durham’s investigative inquiry did not exist prior to that July 2019 testimony by Robert Mueller, then Mueller would have lied to congress.
AG Bill Barr put Durham into place, essentially constructed another silo, to protect his ‘good friend’ Robert Mueller….
….The DC two-step is achieved.
Ah, the leftists will use this to the max.
Well, it’s decisions like this that swell the ranks of Overeaters Anonymous.
I just dug into my ice cream reserves….
Durham is just another DOJ hack following instructions. Waiting for the book deal and big fat government pension.
Durham will now get the book deal payoff like they all get for their contribution to the destruction of the world.
May they all burn
Honestly; what did we expect?
And the beat goes on.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalm 2:4-5 KJV
Lord, hear our prayer.
Amen!
I’m flabbergasted that The FBI would pursue a case against him.
Surprise Surprise
Now will come his payoff in the form of the criminal book deal network
Nah…get outta here.
Find a lying little shit, put him on the payroll to get information for you (read “make up lies”), then when your whole scheme goes bust prosecute the lying little shit for lying to you. I tell ya, these guys have some brass ones.
I wonder who was running Danchenko? An attorney whose last name begins with W?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/11/07/stop-looking-at-danchenko-start-looking-at-andrew-weissmann-and-robert-mueller/
wilfred brimley disappoints again
Hannity will need grief counseling!
Remember 99% of the ….
Rankly Vile…
Liberal news.
Igor Dan…. The primary source of ” Trump had prostitutes pee on Obama’s bed,” found not guilty of lying. We repeat, He did not lie.
Congress can change the jurisdiction of federal courts. But they won’t
In the DC area a jury of your peers would most likely be swamp creatures.
Gateway Pundit is running a multi part series on Weissman, now at part 7 I believe. This is as good a place as any to jump in.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/exclusive-andrew-weissmann-part-iii-three-decades-innocent-man-rots-prison-weissmans-actions-corrupt-prosecution-doj-history/
I have been listening to the Danchenko trial analysis of Just Human (monicker on Truth Social) and Patrick Gunnels on Rumble. They have the transcripts from the trial and have been reading them on air and providing analysis each day. FBI Agent Auten was Durham’s witness. Durham destroyed him on the stand. It was humiliating for the FBI. Quite frankly, I don’t know whether I would have found Danchenko guilty of lying to the FBI (even though I think he did) because it became clear to me the FBI had no problem with his lying; in fact, I would posit that is exactly what the FBI wanted. Plausible deniability for the FBI filing their fraudulent affidavits for the FISA warrants. They are continuing their analysis tonight on Rumble. I will be listening because they will be reading and discussing Dolan’s testimony tonight. Dolan was a Clinton operative involved.
Funny how these DC area juries always acquit the swamp creatures and find guilty men, women and children exercising their 1st Amendment Rights on J6.
Jury shopping is easy in left wing population centers for the swamp creatures. You don’t even have to do a survey of the areas the jury pool is pulled from to find out how they will react to the defense teams arguments. In Texas it’s called the Racehorse defense where you do a survey to find out how the people in areas the court draws from for their juries feel about certain issues so you can craft your defense
So now who shall investigate the FBlie & DOinJustice?
/s
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Please, Dear Lord,
Let President Trump back in the White House.
✝️Please?
.
Could he at least be deported now, please?
.
He’ll be lucky to live long enough to be deported.
No, keep him in the US so he has to experience Putin’s Price Hike.
It is obvious that every step of this investigation has the sole purpose of not getting any convictions by Durham. It provides the government the basis for further lies to cover up their trail of lies and deceit. From the head of the snake to the tail, it is rotten to the core.
About par for course
I do not consider it to be a negative statement against prosecutor Durham to say that I fully agree with this verdict. The predicates of this trial were flawed.
How is today different, philosophically, from 1776?
The technology makes it much worse.
Midterms will be just s corrupt.
I can’t stand it anymore. I am ashamed to be American.
There Is YET a Higher Power that NONE of them shall escape.
They shall learn whether their Minutes in this fiasco were worth the Price.