The FBI paid Steele primary subsource Igor Danchenko a total of $220K.

The FBI – after it learned Danchenko lied to them, and during the Durham investigation – proposed future payments of $300K.

Payments that would have kept Danchenko under wraps. pic.twitter.com/lydAj8ziPq

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) May 15, 2023

Igor Danchenko, the Steele primary subsource charged with (and acquitted of) lying to the FBI, was paid $220K by the FBI as a confidential human source. This was paid after the FBI knew Danchenko lied to them. As the Durham Investigation proceeded, Durham learned “the FBI proposed making continued future payments to Danchenko, totaling more than $300,000, while [Durham] was actively investigating this matter.” The FBI, in effect, was seeking to influence a key witness who would later face criminal charges.

The FBI’s reasons for paying Danchenko were certainly curious. Interviews with Durham’s office revealed: “the FBI’s Executive Assistant Director for National Security, made clear that they were not even able to accurately describe the value or contributions of Danchenko that would justify keeping him open, much less making hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to him.”