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A “huge” disclosure was made during special counsel John Durham‘s first trial in his criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation, according to a GOP investigator.
Prior to ruling in the case against Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann on Tuesday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the “big takeaway” came from testimony by the manager of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Robby Mook, the campaign manager, said the candidate personally signed off on sharing since-debunked Trump-Russia allegations related to Alfa-Bank with the media during the election.
“The big takeaway here was what we learned a few days back … that Secretary Clinton told Sussmann to take false information to the press that was also then taken to the FBI,” Jordan said on Fox News.
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“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,” he added. “And she’s encouraging a false narrative to be taken to the press. And, of course, it was also taken to the FBI. 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.”
During the trial, Mook admitted he was not confident in the veracity of the Alfa-Bank claims when the decision was made to share them with the press but claimed the media would help vet the information. “We wanted the American people to know about it, yeah,” he said when asked if the campaign was pleased the allegations were published.
Some Trump allies, including former Rep. Devin Nunes, speculate Durham may be working up to a conspiracy indictment.
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Sussmann was charged with lying to the FBI about whom he was representing when, in September 2016, he presented internet data that suggested a now-discredited link between former President Donald Trump and Alfa-Bank. In particular, Sussmann was indicted on charges of concealing his clients — Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and “Tech Executive-1,” known to be former Neustar executive Rodney Joffe — from FBI general counsel James Baker. Sussmann denied lying to the FBI and pleaded not guilty. The jury in Washington, D.C., sided with Sussmann on Tuesday.
Durham has one other active prosecution: a case against Igor Danchenko, a key source for British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s anti-Trump dossier, who has pleaded not guilty to five counts of making false statements to the FBI about the information he provided to the former MI6 agent for his discredited dossier. That trial is slated to start in October. Research for the now-discredited dossier was funded by the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s 2016 campaign. The two were fined by the Federal Election Commission for not properly disclosing those expenditures. Durham has obtained a single guilty plea, which came from former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who admitted to altering an email about a Trump campaign aide under government surveillance.
