Thread by @KingMakerFT

In a thread begun by @ProfMJCleveland someone asked the $64,000 question: Ehy did Danchenko lie, and repeatedly so, about a complete fabrication- that his sole source for the post damning parts of the dossier was @SergeiMillian , a person Danchenko never met, never talked to over

the phone, and never communicated with in writing about any of the things in the dossier? Under his immunity deal, all Danchenko had to do to stay out of jail was to tell the truth. Instead, according to Steele’s testimony in the UK, Danchenko lied to Steele, telling Steele he

met personally with Millian three separate times. One can imagine several reasons Danchenko stuck with his lie. One could be he really did get one or more phone calls from someone, not Millian, telling Iggy to report certain facts to Steele. But for some reason he had to protect

that person’s identity at all costs. Russian agents, maybe? There’s also another angle. How did Iggy get Millian’s name in the first place as a possible real source or a fake source to be framed? It’s likely far from coincidental that around the same time, Fusion GPS was

researching Millian extensively. But even if Danchenko was told to seek Millian out as a source, that doesn’t really explain why Danchenko was willing to jeopardize his immunity deal. Which raises the possibility he was threatened or pressured to lie. Steele testified that

Danchenko had gone off the radar in January 2017, shortly before Danchenko gave his interview. Nevertheless both Steele and Danchenko earlier that month agreed to destroy all notes they had of their dossier related conversations. And Danchenko showed up at the interview with a

high priced, connected DC lawyer. Danchenko was always at risk of having his green card and visa pulled, sending him back to Russia. We can speculate about what made Danchenko lie over and over again, but I suspect Durham has a good idea.