A leading Russiagate investigator is raising expectations for next week's trial in special counsel John Durham's investigation looking for misconduct in the FBI's Trump-Russia inquiry.
Kash Patel, a former top House Intelligence Committee aide and Trump administration official, made a prediction based on the Durham's claim in court that the alleged source for disgraced former British spy Christopher Steele's infamous anti-Trump dossier was a paid confidential human source for the FBI.
The alleged source is Igor Danchenko, a U.S.-based Russian lawyer who is charged with five counts of making false statements tied to what he told the bureau about the dossier. In filings, Durham has also alleged the FBI botched a counterintelligence investigation into Danchenko that stretched from 2009 to 2011.
Danchenko has pleaded not guilty to the charges. His trial in Alexandria, Virginia, begins on Tuesday. The judge has placed limitations on evidence Durham is allowed to present.
Durham's investigation, which is looking for misconduct in the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation and has secured one conviction so far, is reportedly winding down and is expected to produce a report in the end. Republicans are gearing up for a wider investigation into the allegations of FBI malfeasance if they win control of at least one chamber in the November midterm elections.
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