The indictment of Igor Danchenko reveals the flawed handling of the Steele dossier by media and powerful people in the government as it obscured the damning information that Danchenko gave to Steele for the dossier, which was second, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh hand. Danchenko is accused of lying to the FBI and creating a false narrative during the Trump-Russia investigation in 2017.
A principal source for the Steele dossier has been indicted on five counts of lying to the FBI and creating a false narrative during the Trump-Russia investigation in 2017, revealing that the information provided to Steele for the dossier was second, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh hand.
The Steele dossier became a tool for both sides to use as they waged an information war against each other. Despite this, the number of allegations and incidents revealing troubling ties to Russia cannot be ignored.