Clinton campaign, Elias, DNC, and Fusion GPS battle Durham

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, the Democratic National Committee, Fusion GPS, and Perkins Coie are fighting John Durham’s efforts to compel the handing over of withheld documents, arguing their claims of attorney-client privilege should keep the records concealed.

The special counsel made the demand earlier this month in the case of Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann, who has been indicted on charges of concealing his clients, the Clinton campaign and “tech executive” Rodney Joffe, from FBI general counsel James Baker when he pushed since-debunked claims of a secret back channel between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa-Bank.