Trump-Russia Steele dossier analyst Igor Danchenko pleads not guilty in FBI lie case prosecuted by John Durham

The analyst charged with lying to FBI agents about his work on a controversial Steele Dossier linking Russia to former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Wednesday during his arraignment in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.

A judge also set a tentative trial date of April 18 for the analyst, 43-year-old Russian national Igor Danchenko, who remains free on a $150,000 bond.

Assistant special counsel Michael Keilty, who is prosecuting Danchenko, told Judge Anthony Trenga that a “vast amount” of classified material will be included in the exchange of evidence with the defendant’s lawyers, NBC News reported.

Danchenko’s lawyer Mark Schamel, in a statement issued Monday, blasted the indictment against his client, and said, “We will expose how Mr. Danchenko has been unfairly maligned by these false allegations.”