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An analyst is acquitted of lying to the FBI over the Trump-Russia 'Steele dossier'

Igor Danchenko leaves the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 4, 2021. On Tuesday, a jury acquitted the think tank analyst of charges that he lied to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury on Tuesday acquitted on all counts a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump.

The case against Igor Danchenko was the third and possibly final case brought by Special Counsel John Durham as part of his probe into how the FBI conducted its own investigation into allegations of collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

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