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FBI had immunity deal with Steele source Danchenko, Durham inquiry trial reveals

By Jerry Dunleavy
Published October 12, 2022 10:30am ET
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FBI had immunity deal with Steele source Danchenko, Durham inquiry trial reveals
Igor Danchenko leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Nov. 4, 2021. | (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The FBI set up an immunity agreement with British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s main source shortly before the bureau made Igor Danchenko a paid confidential informant in early 2017, special counsel John Durham’s trial revealed.

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