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John Durham indicts lawyer for Clinton-linked firm who brought Trump-Russia information to the FBI and 'lied' about working as a 'political operative'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Follow up to this story from yesterday.- John Durham obtained a grand jury indictment of Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann for making a false statement to the FBI
- Sussmann, a lawyer at Perkins Coie, gave FBI data from researchers who thought numbers might be evidence of secrets between Trump and Russia
- Indictment alleges he failed to disclose his political ties during the meeting
- Sussmann denied the accusations and claimed he arranged the meeting in Russia in 2016 to represent a cybersecurity expert
- His indictment is not guaranteed but only on rare occasions will grand juries decline a request such as Durham's
- It comes two years after Durham began his probe into alleged FBI misconduct in the Russia probe
- Instead the Durham probe ended up charging an FBI source, with a statute of limitations bearing down
- Durham's team suggested a theory that Clinton campaign used Perkins Coie to submit information to FBI about Russia and Trump to hurt his 2016 campaign
- It resulted in sensational media reports before the election about the potential ties
- The FBI concluded the researchers' concerns had no merit and Sussmann's lawyers are expecting their client to be indicted
- Sussmann's lawyers denied the charges, calling them 'baseless'
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-17 |
