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>> sandra, thats right. any moment now in this hour we expect igor danchenko, a 43-year-old russian national residing in virginia to face five counts in a 39-page indictment before a judge. here he is indeed believed to be a russian analyst who was the primary source for the infamous steele dossier. these charges pertain to statements he made to the f.b.i. in five months of 2017, and in the reports that are called company reports, where sources of the information he was providing to steele. part...

According to the -- according to the fbi, according to john durham, danchenko lied when he was questioned about some of the sources of that information back in 2017. >> so, evan, this is now the third person charged in part of durhams investigation but its not the, as it was, i guess, the former president said it would rock washington, the findings of this investigation. what are you learning from the people and the charges, how massive this investigation is or is not? >> reporter: yeah, i mean,...

Sandra, extinction level events. >> sandra: save the music. time is up. thanks for joining us on "america reports." good to be with you john. >> john: you too. i am john roberts. the "story" starts right now with martha. see you tomorrow. >> martha: thank you very much. breaking news on the story the durham investigation is heating up and the question is where and to whom might it lead? today you have a third person indicted by the grand jury in the courtroom. we are waiting to see him enter or ...

Fbi. these are from interviews that he conducted -- that he did with the fbi in 2017 as they were trying to get to the bottom of some of the allegations that were contained in the dossier that was prepared by christopher steele, the former british spy. now, danchenko was a source for steele in some of the more -- where some of the allegations but the one that sticks out and that theres a lot of emphasis on in the court papers today is the notorious pee tape allegation. this -- this is the allega...

You go on to say -- because one of obviously the big questions is now this is the third arrest by durham -- what big fish might come from all this as he moves forward in this stage. you say in your piece on jonathanturley.com that danchenko is the type of defendant that prosecutors pressure to flip against those who retained him or used him in the effort. he strikes me as someone who can be used as a building block to apex defendants. jonathan. >> usually when you see these types of major indict...

Someone who has worked in her prior campaigns. who has given a high level appointment by bill clinton. and this figure features greatly in these allegations. they describe meetings in moscow with rather shady russian figures involving this executive. involving danchenko. it also says that some of the stuff that came out of the dossier seemed to come from this p.r. executive. its really weird details. at one point this clinton advisor gives one of these russian figures the autobiography of hillar...

Russia investigation got started. igor manchenko, the main source, is in federal court after his arrest this morning. i want to bring in ken delanian. give us the primer, right. who is he, whats he charged with, whats the status of the court situation here? >> igor danchenko is a russian who lives in virginia. hes accused of lying to fbi agents when they questioned him in 2017 about information -- he was passing on to christopher steele. he was the primary information gatherer for steele. the th...

Danchenko is the third person charged in the 2 1/2-year probe. attorney kevin clinesmith who pleaded dpaelt to making false statements in a fisa application. and sussmans case is still ongoing. while we wait for this individual, danchenko to appear in the chourt behind me already a lot of people are discussing whether or not any really significant people will be arrested. already some noting that john durham, special counsel is going to be very methodical in his process and we know that attorney...

Used as a vehicle essentially of getting this information of the dossier and the dossier was used to get this information to the press and we now know that the clinton campaign which denied throughout the campaign that its funded the steele dossier, did, in fact, fund it, and this indictment says that you have key clinton figures who are not just helping put together the dossier, theyre in moscow meeting with russian figures to try to get compromising information on trump. the question is, who m...

Danchenko provided to christopher steele. the former british intelligence official paid by democrats paid to visiting connections between donald trump and russia. it was used to secure government surveillance warrants against carter page. another focuses on false statements about a phone call that danchenko had with an alleged u.s. citizen who was a russian-american chamber of commerce president. the indictment partly reads. that during the phone call the person informed him in part about inform...