Durham inquiry trial: FBI wanted to suspend analyst who interviewed Steele source

Published October 13, 2022 2:34am ET



ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The FBI’s internal investigation unit sought to discipline and suspend the FBI analyst who interviewed Igor Danchenko in January 2017 and who was special counsel John Durham’s first witness this week in the false statements trial against the main source for British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited anti-Trump dossier, new court testimony revealed.

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