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Government Corruption
John Durham indicts lawyer for Clinton-linked firm who brought Trump-Russia information to the FBI and 'lied' about working as a 'political operative'
2021-09-17
[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

#10  NoMoreBS, does treason really have a statute of limitations?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-09-17 23:58  

#9  What were Flynn's sentencing recommendations from the FBI?
Posted by: Varmint Glearong8569   2021-09-17 18:07  

#8  Nothing is going to happen that resembles justice.
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-09-17 17:32  

#7  You know it is only the foot soldier that will be punished. And then very lightly.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-09-17 16:43  

#6  Boy, this Durham guy is a demon investigator. At the speed he goes, he's got, what, maybe four indictments in his career?
And let me be that first to say Sussman didn't kill himself...
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-09-17 15:09  

#5  I noted that the indictment was highlighted as coming just at the end of the Statute of Limitations period. Not a lawyer, but it would seem that if his alleged criminal conduct was near the expiration, wouldn't the conduct of the others involved also me close to expiration? If so, isn't this a token action to end this huge conspiracy with a charge that will get forgotten and given the DOJ insider (democrat) special treatment? Am I wrong about the law?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-09-17 14:58  

#4  Don't worry, Mike. The charges will be dropped or reduced or whatever and you will get a 6 figure book deal.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-17 12:59  

#3  scapegoat.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-09-17 11:43  

#2  Yes, white shoe DC lawyer. The guy won't even have to cop a plea, let alone give anyone up.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-17 10:49  

#1  So some sites are calling this big....big....somebody I've never heard of is pretty much the only one indicted. That says to me, "COVERUP". We all knew he wasn't going to indict any of the real players, so some flunky taking the fall is pretty much just more Kabuki theater from the Deep State.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-09-17 10:46  

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