Russian Igor Danchenko faces up to five years in prison on each of the five counts of the charges brought against him. This was announced on Thursday, November 4, by the US Attorney’s Office.
As noted, from June to November 2017, Danchenko gave false testimonies to the FBI five times regarding the sources of information he provided to the British firm.
In addition, for the release of the Russian from custody, the court appointed a bail of $ 100 thousand.
Earlier, the court released Danchenko with restrictive conditions. So he is obliged to surrender his passport within 24 hours and will remain in custody until he is equipped with an electronic tracking bracelet.
On Thursday, US authorities arrested analyst Igor Danchenko as part of an investigation into former US President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. It was noted that the arrest of the analyst is part of an investigation by Special Attorney John Durham.
In May, The Telegraph reported that former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele provided the FBI with a second dossier containing incriminating evidence on Trump. The material says that the dossier with incriminating evidence was handed over to the American authorities during the presidential term of the ex-president.
In 2015, Democratic supporters and Trump opponents hired research firm Fusion GPS, led by Glenn Simpson, to compile a negative dossier on Trump. Later, Steele was brought in to work. The BuzzFeed portal published a document claiming that “Russian agents” have incriminating information about Trump. Trump’s headquarters spent more than $ 1 million on the so-called Russian case.
Last September, US Senator Lindsay Graham called the man who was the source of the Trump dirt “a possible Russian agent.” After a while, the former American leader posted a post on his Twitter stating that Igor Danchenko was a “Russian agent.”