new Clinton allegations
Posted: Feb 15th, '22, 08:21
The new allegations stem from Special Counsel John Durham's indictment of Michael Sussman, an attorney working for the Clinton campaign to dig up dirt on the Trump campaign. His firm dug up information derived from publicly-available internet traffic (not some sort of secret spy job as the right-wing media seems to be claiming) that basically indicated Trump's people may have been emailing with Russia. Sussman met with the FBI, gave them the information, and told them he was not acting on behalf of any candidate. The indictment is for lying to the FBI because they claim Sussman was in fact working for the Clinton campaign when he turned over the information.
Biden's AG allowed the indictment to proceed despite a personal appeal by Sussman's lawyers. My impression - Sussman probably did lie to the FBI about whether he was working for Clinton. There's no allegation that the information provided to the FBI was fabricated or obtained illegally. The real question is, will a jury find the lie material? Seems to me when a lawyer whom the FBI knows does work for the DNC reports information about a Republican campaign as a "good citizen," they should be a little skeptical about the source, so I'm not so sure. But it does seem like there's probable cause and this kind of dirty trick should carry a penalty. Also, if this lawyer lied to the FBI at Clinton's direction, Clinton should face sanction as well.
Link to the indictment:
https://www.justice.gov/sco/press-relea ... ovdelivery
TL;DR - a lawyer working for Clinton's campaign allegedly lied to the FBI by claiming he was not working for the Clinton campaign when he turned over publicly-available information connecting Trump's campaign to Russia.
Biden's AG allowed the indictment to proceed despite a personal appeal by Sussman's lawyers. My impression - Sussman probably did lie to the FBI about whether he was working for Clinton. There's no allegation that the information provided to the FBI was fabricated or obtained illegally. The real question is, will a jury find the lie material? Seems to me when a lawyer whom the FBI knows does work for the DNC reports information about a Republican campaign as a "good citizen," they should be a little skeptical about the source, so I'm not so sure. But it does seem like there's probable cause and this kind of dirty trick should carry a penalty. Also, if this lawyer lied to the FBI at Clinton's direction, Clinton should face sanction as well.
Link to the indictment:
https://www.justice.gov/sco/press-relea ... ovdelivery
TL;DR - a lawyer working for Clinton's campaign allegedly lied to the FBI by claiming he was not working for the Clinton campaign when he turned over publicly-available information connecting Trump's campaign to Russia.