Primary Sub Source (PSS)
March 2016 – Steele’s newly hired ‘primary sub-source’ has a criminal history and is poorly vetted by the FBI
August 22 – October 13, 2016 – Steele, Simpson, and Sussmann pitch to DOJ and State that Sergei Millian is a key intermediary in the Trump-Alfa Bank server conspiracy
January 5, 2017 – Steele “wipes” his communications with Fusion GPS and documented evidence of meetings with his primary source for Trump dossier
January 12, 2017 – DOJ’s Sean Newell takes part in interview of Steele’s primary sub-source
January 30, 2017 – Danchenko tells FBI the info he shared with Steele was “bar talk over beers”…then they classify it as “secret”
February 9, 2017 – Steele’s primary subsource is interviewed by the FBI, DOJ-NSD David Laufman negotiates the terms
June 14, 2019 – Wray promotes Jennifer Boone after she oversees Page FISA; her connection to Ohr; and the interview of primary sub-source
March 17-18, 2020 – Christopher Steele testifies his emails were ‘wiped’ and he no longer has documents related to primary source
April 10, 2020 – The DOJ unredacts and releases 3 of the 4 footnotes requested by senators Grassley and Johnson
April 27, 2020 – Graham requests source documents that substantially undercut Steele dossier and the legitimacy of Carter Page FISA warrants
July 14, 2020 – Lindsey Graham aims to declassify FBI memo on Steele’s Russian source who undermined dossier
July 17, 2020 – The Senate Judiciary Committee releases the transcript of an FBI interview with Steele’s primary sub-source
July 17, 2020 – Senate Judiciary Committee releases FBI briefing with primary sub-source
July 19, 2020 – Steele’s Primary Sub-Source is Igor “Iggy” Danchenko, a former analyst for liberal think tank, Brookings Institution
July 25, 2020 – Two emails reveal Igor Danchenko’s attempt to lure Trump supporter Sergei Millian into Russian business schemes
August 11, 2020 – Igor Danchenko and a 34 Month Long DOJ/FBI Cover-Up Operation
September 24, 2020 – New docs reveal the primary sub-source for Steele dossier was a possible national security threat and the subject of 2009 FBI counterintelligence case
September 24, 2020 – The FBI releases an overview of the counterintelligence investigation of Steele’s primary sub-source
September 24, 2020 – Graham releases newly declassified summary indicating FBI knew dossier source was likely a Russian agent
September 30, 2020 – James Comey testifies to Senate Judiciary Committee and doesn’t remember much
October 5, 2020 – Trump is working to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation
October 21, 2020 – Christopher Steele’s primary source, Igor Danchenko, sets up a fundraiser and calls himself the “Trump-Russia whistleblower”
January 15, 2021 – Solomon confirms Fiona Hill introduced Steele to Danchenko
April 12, 2021 – Durham subpoena’s Brookings Institute re Steele primary sub-source, Igor Danchenko; Brookings aka Lawfare then tells NYT