U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper has ruled that Sussmann’s jury should refuse to dismiss the allegations against him for technical reasons. Sussmann met with then-FBI Director-General James Baker in September 2016 and reportedly told him he was not sharing data about Trump on the Internet as a client, when in fact he was working on the Clinton campaign and Rodney Joffe, a tech executive. who is accused of trying to impress senior Democrats by offering him a top job in cybersecurity if Clinton were elected president. Sussmann’s advice concerned obvious digital links between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank Moscow. Further review by experts showed that the alleged data on the smoking weapon were most likely only the result of spam. Attorney General John Durham has filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyer, Michael Sasman, for allegedly lying to the FBI. AP Sussmann’s legal team urged the judge to dismiss the case, arguing that his alleged lie did not matter to the government. But Cooper wrote: “As the Special Prosecutor argues, it is at least likely that statements made to law enforcement authorities prior to an investigation would substantially influence the subsequent course of the investigation. “Sussmann has no legal authority to the contrary.” Cooper added that “although Sussmann is right that some statements may be so regional or insignificant about a relevant decision or function of a service that they are insignificant, the Court is not in a position to rule on this alleged statement before hearing government figures. Therefore, any such decision must wait until the trial “. The charge against Sussmann legally carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison. As part of Durham’s review of the FBI investigation into Russia, former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty in 2020 to falsifying filing files submitted to the federal supervisory court via email to secure an extension of the 2016 surveillance warrant. target Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Klinsmith was sentenced to suspension. In November, Durham accused Igor Danchenko of lying to the FBI about his contributions to the Steele case – a collection of anti-Trump opposition investigations and satanic rumors funded by the Clinton campaign and the National Democratic Committee. The dossier was used to support Page’s monitoring and greatly influenced public perceptions of Trump’s relationship with Russia. FBI’s Peter Strzok launched the initial federal investigation into Trump’s possible ties to Russia in July 2016, after Trump’s campaign adviser George Papadopoulos allegedly told an Australian diplomat that Russia had leaked information about K. Strzok later revealed that he had exchanged anti-Trump messages with his mistress, then FBI attorney Lisa Page. Attorney General Robert Mueller found no evidence that former President Donald Trump worked with Russia to win the 2016 election. Getty Images After Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in 2017, a review by Attorney General Robert Mueller found no evidence that Trump worked with Russia to win the presidency.
