British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s main source, Igor Danchenko, pleaded not guilty in federal court after being charged in John Durham’s investigation, with the special counsel alleging the Russian national repeatedly lied to the FBI in 2017 when questioned about his role in generating the Steele dossier.

Igor Danchenko appeared in an Alexandria courtroom in the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday morning, where he pleaded, “Not guilty, your honor.” Danchenko, a Russian-born lawyer and researcher who has lived and worked in the Washington, D.C., area for years, was charged last Thursday “with five counts of making false statements to the FBI” that Durham claims he made about the information he provided to Steele for his “Company Reports,” which became the Steele dossier. The indictment says Danchenko made false statements in March, May, June, October, and November 2017.