Regardless of the failure of special counsel John Durham to score a conviction in his very first prosecution related to the now-discredited accusations of a conspiracy linking Russia and the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump, one Republican congressman said a ray of truth about Hillary shone through the lies and obfuscation.
Former attorney for the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, Michael Sussmann, was acquitted on May 31st on a charge of lying to the FBI.
Sussmann had actually been implicated in lying to James Baker, the general counsel of the FBI, in a 2016 conference where he sought an FBI investigation of Trump’s alleged ties to Russia, according to The Washington Post.
The case against Sussmann endeavored to show he lied by informing Baker that he wasn’t representing any client at the time– while he was in fact representing Clinton.
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio stated the trial had an enormous advancement, with significance far beyond the charges at hand, according to Fox News.
“The big takeaway here was what we learned a few days back when we learned that Secretary Clinton told Sussmann to take false information to the press that was also then taken to the FBI,” he said.
“Step back and think about this – this is the former secretary of state, this is the former first lady, this is the former United States senator from the state of New York, and candidate for one of the major parties for president of the United States. And she’s encouraging a false narrative to be taken to the press. And, of course, it was also taken to the FBI,” he said.
Special counsel John Durham, appointed by former president Donald Trump's Attorney General Bill Barr, has uncovered "seditious" actions in spinning a political "narrative" to harm Trump. https://t.co/cyTq1JL9g1
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“I think that is huge. And so much so, that the former attorney general called it seditious. And again, you don’t have to take my word for that. This is her campaign manager, Robby Mook, under oath in a court of law, making that statement. So that’s the big takeaway here,” he said.
During testimony at the trial, Mook stated Clinton authorized sharing details connecting Trump to Alfa Bank, according to Fox News.
Mook stated campaign general counsel Marc Elias, who was a partner at law practice Perkins Coie, informed Mook about the claims, which raised questions within the campaign.
Clinton project chairman John Podesta, senior policy consultant, Jake Sullivan– now President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser– and interactions director Jennifer Palmieri became part of the group that went over launching the details.
“I discussed it with Hillary as well,” Mook said.
“I don’t remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was, hey, we have this and we want to share it with a reporter,” Mook said.
Mook was asked if Clinton authorized “the dissemination” of the information to the news media.
“She agreed,” Mook said.
