Wednesday, June 1, 2022

D.C. Jury Finds Michael Sussmann Not Guilty of Lying to FBI

Spencer Brown / Townhall Tipsheet

A Washington, D.C., jury found Michael Sussmann not guilty on Tuesday morning of lying to the FBI in 2016 about working on behalf of Hillary Clinton when he presented debunked information that he claimed showed a connection between Donald Trump and Russia — a report made to the FBI that would set off years of Russian collusion hoax-fury that ultimately was found to be nothing by Robert Mueller’s independent investigation.

As Mia explained at length here, the single charge brought by Special Counsel John Durham centered on the alleged false statement Sussmann made to the FBI when he denied he was working on anyone’s behalf, thereby concealing his connection to Hillary Clinton:

Durham and the government allege that Sussmann told FBI General Counsel James Baker in September 2016 in the lead-up to the presidential election that he was not working “on behalf of a client or company.” The Democratic cybersecurity lawyer is accused of lying…Read more and see tweets here.

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