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Related Trial Opens For Clinton Campaign Lawyer Accused Of Lying To FBI While Planting Trump-Russia Tale
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Special counsel John Durham’s legal team is set Wednesday to question top 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Marc Elias in its case against fellow campaign attorney Michael Sussmann.
Durham has charged Sussmann with lying to the FBI, alleging that in 2016, weeks before the presidential election, he pitched the FBI the Trump-Russia collusion plot without disclosing he was working for stakeholder clients, suggesting instead he was there as a good citizen.
Elias at the time was general counsel for the Clinton campaign and a partner with Sussmann at the Perkins Coie law firm.
The prosecution has listed at least four witnesses it intends to bring to the stand Wednesday – Elias, fellow Clinton campaign lawyer Debbie Fine and Fusion GPS computer researcher Laura Seago.
The trial started Monday with the seating of 12 jurors and is being held in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before Judge Christopher Cooper.
Sussmann, a former federal prosecutor, has pleaded not guilty to the charge. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in prison.
In opening statements, the Durham team suggested Sussmann attempted to use his influence to manipulate the FBI and create a so-call “October surprise” to swing the presidential race for Clinton over GOP nominee Donald Trump.
He is the first person to go to trial in Durham’s probe into the origins of the now-discredited Trump-Russia collusion plot alleging the Trump Organization had a secret communications channel to Moscow through the Russian Alfa Bank.
Seago was prepared to invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination if she was not granted immunity by the court, compelling her to testify at trial. Cooper granted Seago limited immunity and ordered her to testify at Durham’s request.
On Tuesday, FBI Special Agents David Martin and Scott Hellman were the prosecution’s first two witnesses, followed by Neustar employee Steve DeJong.
About The Author
Natalia Mittelstadt interned with the Leadership Institute, the Media Research Center’s CNSNews, and was the News Department Head of The Daily Runner, Regent’s online student newspaper. She graduated from Regent University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communication Studies and Government.
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