Special counsel John Durham is doubling down on his allegation that Michael Susan, a lawyer with links to Hillary Clinton, lied about the claims regarding Donald Trump and Russia.
Earlier this year, Durham indicted Sussman for a meeting between him and former FBI General Counsel James Baker on September 19, 2016. Sussman blatantly pushed debunked allegations about a secret back channel between Russia’s Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization during this meeting.
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Though Sussman claimed to Baker that he was not working with any specific client, Durham alleges that this was a lie, as he was actually working for Clinton. Sussman has denied this and plead not guilty.
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The Washington Examiner reported that earlier this week, Sussman’s lawyers alleged that Durham’s team handed over documents about comments Baker made about the 2016 meeting that it said: “directly contradict the Special Counsel’s allegation that Mr. Sussmann affirmatively told Mr. Baker that he was not meeting with him on behalf of any clients.”
Durham, however, was not having any of it. He fired back on Tuesday with the following court filing:
“As the defendant is aware from discovery, both of those interviews occurred years after the events in question, and Mr. Baker made these statements before he had the opportunity to refresh his recollection with contemporaneous or near-contemporaneous notes that have been provided to the defense in discovery.”
“Indeed, the defendant’s motion entirely ignores law enforcement reports of Mr. Baker’s subsequent three interviews with the Special Counsel’s Office in which he affirmed and then re-affirmed his now-clear recollection of the defendant’s false statement.”
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Durham has previously said that he will be calling Baker to testify. In his court filing, Durham cited a 2019 interview in which Baker said that Sussman had talked about “his clients, who were, he described as I recall it, sort of cyber-security experts.”
Durham went on to say that in another statement last year, “Baker said that Sussmann did not specify that he was representing a client regarding the matter, nor did Baker ask him if he was representing a client. Baker said it did not seem like Sussmann was representing a client.”
Sussman’s attorneys have responded by arguing that the existence of what they describe as exculpatory information “only underscores the baseless and unprecedented nature of this indictment.”
Though Sussman has requested a trial date in May, Durham has argued that “a trial date in late July 2022 is reasonable and necessary for the Government to fully declassify and produce discovery.” He added that a May trial date “would rush and unnecessarily truncate” what needs to happen before the proceedings take place.
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The prosecutors noted they had handed over more than 91,000 pages in unclassified discovery and more than 5,000 pages in classified discovery to the defense team and insisted that the team was still “working expeditiously to satisfy its discovery obligations.”
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How has this guy avoided the press and any pictures??
Fox News showed his picture. It was posted at theconservativetreehouse. Dunno why it matters when the media coverage is sparse at best of the actual story.
Soo? W T F are the mass arrests?
Roger that, I have no interest until/if the TRUE criminals start doing the “Perp Walk” to jail!
Soo? Wwww Tttt Ffff are the mass arrests?
Who gives a shit! Until this serial killer is in prison its all bullshit!
remember, the FBI went to Epstein Island to clean up, not investigate. Amerika is evil, corrupt and foolish
Some in America.
Ruby Ridge, 1st attempt to take down the North Tower (1993), Waco, Murrah Bldg bombing in OK City, Boston Marathon blasts, MLK assassination, and many more. The FBI is beyond redemption.
another Friday afternoon “nothing to see here” story. Amerika is rigged, corrupt and evil. Full of cowards that are told they are free
Speak for yourself.
Maybe this helps to explain killarys weird poor little me I should have been president and I could have saved us all .
How is it that “Bite Me’s” government is allowing this investigation to go on? While we cannot get the Jan 6th prisoners out ?
He’s avoided press for security reasons…we’re all familiar w/all the “suicides” related to the DNC..If NOT? Get familiar…2 VERY RECENT ones. This will take TIME, G.Maxwell has more trials after this one is complete and as each one unfolds it will lead to a Durham indictment- you’ll probably only see people resigning…but more is happening. Most people don’t even know that asshole Weinstein’s been sentenced to over 20yrs in prison! HUGE NAMES too! Wal-mart CFO & Hunter discussed assassinating Trump?! It’s ALL on the laptop, which will ALSO lead to more indictments..& not just ANY indictments..GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS. YUGE DEAL.
Nobody’s getting away with ANYTHING. Hillary’s letter was read by her a while back. Look at actual interview footage between her & NBC anchor. NOW look at the interview between HRC & Rachel Maddow from end of Nov-THAT is the MOST RECENT pic of Hillary & I believe but am not able to confirm it and I believe it to be from a newly constructed interview room at Camp Justice(DELTA)-Guantanamo Bay!
ONE SIDE of the pyramid has already fallen, on November 7 there were 172 Arrests made in the Federal Govt in Saudi Arabia for corruption, bribery, & many other charges – there were over 500 pursued, 172 arrested on that day. Can’t say how many caught since then, don’t know. AMERICAN NEWS WILL NOT REPORT IT!!!! Those were members of the DEEP STATE. This is the biggest military operation in the history of humanity. Have patience. Good things are worth fighting for. If you know anything about what’s going on then you know, EO13961 – THE STRATEGY aka Devolution was put into place a year ago on 12/7/20. This is about MORE than the election, MUCH MORE. Trump won. And the world will see it ALL SOON, and MORE. Pray, WAIT on the LORD, & stay STRONG in your FAITH. God bless, Patriots.
I sure hope you are totally correct. Otherwise this country is toast.
“Hillary Clinton Isn’t Out Of Trump/Russia Collusion Hot Water Yet” LOL! As a long-ago rider of the Purple Sage was fond of saying, “That’ll Be The Day!”