The FBI "ultimately was not able to confirm or corroborate most of their substantive allegations" in the Steele dossier, Durham wrote. Yet, the bureau kept investigating the allegations for a "fairly lengthy period of time" and inexplicably put Danchenko on its payroll for three years as a confidential human source despite evidence he lied and had ties to both Russian intelligence and a public relations executive named Charles Dolan who supported the Clinton campaign.