Jim Jordan, a Republican congressman from Ohio, expressed his worry over Special Counsel John Durham’s inquiry into the Trump-Russia investigation’s origins. In a lawsuit against former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, Durham is in court seeking to establish that Sussmann lied to the FBI last year.
According to Durham’s team, when Sussmann met with then-General Counsel James Baker in 2016, the FBI accused him of making false statements to the bureau. Sussmann works for Perkins Coie, a law firm engaged by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
Sussmann told the FBI that he was not working for Clinton’s campaign when he was billed by the campaign, according to Durham.
Sussmann has denied all allegations against him. During an interview with Just The News’ John Solomon, Jordan stated that he disagreed with one of Durham’s allegations. When the special prosecutor claims “he doesn’t think the FBI understood who Sussmann was representing,” Jordan’s “sole worry” about Durham’s inquiry is that “I simply find it hard to believe.”
“Sussmann’s false statement misled the FBI General Counsel and other FBI personnel about the political nature of his work, depriving the FBI of information that would have allowed it to more fully assess and uncover the origins of the relevant data and technical analysis, including the identities and motivations of Sussmann’s clients,” Durham wrote in his indictment. Baker was “really pals with Sussmann,” according to Jordan, and an email in the case indicated this.
Sussmann wrote Baker an email that was included in Durham’s court petition, according to the Ohio Republican: “Jim – it’s Michael Sussmann. I need to talk about something that is both time-critical and sensitive… Do you have [time] tomorrow for a quick meeting? I’m coming to help the Bureau on my own, not on behalf of a client or corporation. Thanks.”
“Everything else” in the investigation, according to Jordan, is “encouraging to see that he’s delving into it and getting to the bottom of it.” Even though they accuse Trump of conspiring with Russia, a federal judge ruled last week that Hillary Clinton’s tweets concerning the 2016 election cannot be used in court.
Durham’s plea for permission to use them as evidence in Sussmann’s trial was refused by Judge Christopher Cooper. She wrote on Twitter, “Donald Trump has a hidden server.” “It was set up to speak discreetly with a Russian bank connected to Putin.”
In a second article, she stated, “Computer experts have purportedly identified a hidden server tying the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.” The Democratic presidential contender tweeted a statement written by Jake Sullivan, who served as her campaign advisor when she sought for office and is currently President Joe Biden’s national security advisor.
He claimed, “This might be the most direct relationship between Donald Trump and Moscow yet.” “This top-secret hotline might be the key to unraveling Trump’s links to Russia.” He went on to say, “We can only presume that federal authorities will now investigate this clear relationship between Trump and Russia.” The tweets, according to Judge Cooper, who was appointed by former President Obama, are “hearsay” and “likely duplicative of other evidence.”
The tweets should be admitted, according to Durham, since Clinton referred to them as “truth” and because they “indicate the existence of the defendant’s attorney-client relationship with the Clinton Campaign, which is directly relevant to the false statement accusation.”
Employees of the political research business allegedly implicated in “Russiagate,” according to Durham’s court filings, exchanged hundreds of emails containing unsubstantiated charges and statements against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The leak, according to the lawsuit, was intended to produce negative publicity of candidate Trump.
In a court declaration, Durham stated that a slew of emails refutes the Clinton campaign’s claim that Fusion GPS’s research for her presidential campaign should be considered secret under attorney-client privilege.
The stories given to media outlets, according to the Washington Times, included: A meeting between a Trump aide and a former KGB officer close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a Wall Street Journal story.
An article in the Washington Post exposes a Trump campaign aide who invested in Russia. The FBI is looking into a covert communications arrangement between Mr. Trump and Russia’s Alfa Bank, according to pieces published by the New York Times and Reuters.
The special counsel is exposing the Clinton campaign’s “political dirty practices,” according to Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson. “What happened here has been known for a long time.” And what the Durham charges show is that the Clinton campaign was not simply involved in this. He told the New York Times, “They literally did it.”
