Opinion: John Durham’s case against Michael Sussmann just got tougher – By Andrew McCarthy (FOX News) / May 26, 2022
The problem for Russiagate Special Counsel John Durham is two-fold
In a predictable but nevertheless damaging blow to the prosecution, the judge in the Michael Sussmann trial ruled Thursday that the government may not argue that Sussmann’s text message to the FBI’s then-general counsel constitutes the false statement charged against him. Rather, prosecutors must rely on their evidence that Sussmann made the false statement the following day, when he met with the general counsel, James Baker, at the latter’s FBI office.
Sussmann, a top Democratic Party lawyer, allegedly lied by telling Baker that he was not representing any client when, on September 19, 2016, he brought Baker what he purported was evidence showing that Donald Trump, the GOP’s then-candidate for president, had established a communications back channel with the Kremlin, via servers at Russia’s Alfa Bank.
In reality, Sussmann was representing the Clinton campaign, as well as a tech executive, Rodney Joffe, who had compiled the data Sussmann delivered to Baker.
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