⁍ Russian politics expert Igor Danchenko told Reuters in an email he is not a Russian agent.

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⁍ Danchenko was referred to in the 2016 ‘Steele Dossier,’ prepared for Hillary Clinton’s campaign by former British spy Christopher Steele.

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⁍ Graham and Nunes have made comments that Danchenko is a Russian agent.

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⁍ Danchenko said those comments had put him, his family and friends in danger and, through a lawyer, threatened legal action.

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– “I am exactly what the Department of Justice National Security Division, the FBI, the FBI Inspector General, the Special Counsel, and the Republican Senate Intelligence Committee has determined,” Russian politics expert Igor Danchenko tells Reuters in an email. “My academic and business intelligence work in Russia has always been on behalf of Western clients and never on behalf of Russia.” Danchenko is the source of the infamous “Steele Dossier” prepared for Hillary Clinton’s campaign by former British spy Christopher Steele, which alleged links between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, two of Trump’s allies in Congress, have said Danchenko is a Russian agent. Danchenko says Graham and Nunes have put him, his family, and friends in danger by saying he is a Russian agent. “My academic and business intelligence work in Russia has always been on behalf of Western clients and never on behalf of Russia,” Danchenko says in his first public comments.