FBI agent suspected Steele dossier source was Russian intelligence

Published October 14, 2022 2:19am ET



ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A member of the FBI’s Human Intelligence Validation Unit suggested that Igor Danchenko may have been part of Russian intelligence services after the main source for British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited anti-Trump dossier was made a paid informant for the bureau, according to court testimony.

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