Defense accuses Trump-Russia special counsel Durham of politicizing prosecution
2 years, 10 months ago

Defense accuses Trump-Russia special counsel Durham of politicizing prosecution

NPR  

Defense accuses Trump-Russia special counsel Durham of politicizing prosecution Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP A Washington attorney charged as part of the Justice Department's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe is accusing prosecutors of trying to politicize the case and gin up negative press coverage. Sponsor Message The case is one of three brought so far by special counsel John Durham, who was tapped in 2019 by then-Attorney General William Barr to investigate the genesis of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe. The latest public flare-up in the investigation stems from a court filing Durham submitted Friday about potential conflicts of interest in Sussmann's case. In that document, the special counsel also presents information about a meeting Sussmann had in February 2017 with the CIA in which he allegedly passed along information about suspicious internet data related to Trump and Russia.

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Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies

Raw Story  

With the nomination of former congressman Matt Gaetz, a MAGA loyalist known for hyperbolic rhetorical attacks against Donald Trump’s enemies, to serve as attorney general, the president-elect appears to be eying the U.S. Justice Department as a cudgel against his political enemies. “There must be severe legal, political and financial consequences,” Davis said, after citing the FBI raid on Trump’s …

Special Counsel Releases Redacted Documents in 2020 Election Subversion Case Against Trump
2 months ago

Special Counsel Releases Redacted Documents in 2020 Election Subversion Case Against Trump

CNN  

Special counsel Jack Smith has released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump. The documents contain snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president, including transcripts and notes from FBI interviews conducted during the yearslong investigation.

Ex-FBI Informant Charged With Lying About Bidens Had Russian Intelligence Contacts, Prosecutors Say
10 months ago

Ex-FBI Informant Charged With Lying About Bidens Had Russian Intelligence Contacts, Prosecutors Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Prosecutors revealed the alleged contact as they urged a judge in Las Vegas to keep Alexander Smirnov behind bars while he awaits trial. According to prosecutors, Smirnov admitted in an interview after his arrest last week that “officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story” about Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President …

In new filing, Trump lawyers foreshadow potential lines of defense in classified documents case
11 months, 1 week ago

In new filing, Trump lawyers foreshadow potential lines of defense in classified documents case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump foreshadowed elements of their defense in the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, saying in a motion filed Tuesday that they will dispute prosecutors’ allegations that the estate where the records were stored was not secure. The defense team also said in a wide-ranging court filing that they are …

Trump couldn't possibly be a Russian asset...could he?
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump couldn't possibly be a Russian asset...could he?

Raw Story  

Imagine you’re in the FBI overseeing national security and a candidate for President for the United States hired to run his campaign a man who’d: — taken $66 million from Russian intelligence services via Putin-friendly oligarchs, — helped Russia install their own puppet government in Ukraine in 2010, — was paid $1 million a year to help the corrupt dictator …

Deadline for Trump to give evidence in Jan 6 probe passes as third indictment looms
1 year, 5 months ago

Deadline for Trump to give evidence in Jan 6 probe passes as third indictment looms

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Smith, who in June obtained a 38-count …

Opinion: If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, there’s more than enough evidence to convict him
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, there’s more than enough evidence to convict him

LA Times  

Donald Trump announced this week that he has been notified that he is a target of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Even with other charges pending against Trump in New York and in Smith’s classified documents case, this prosecution will force him to face judgment for his worst offenses: those against our democracy …

Special counsel has spent millions investigating Trump
1 year, 5 months ago

Special counsel has spent millions investigating Trump

NPR  

Special counsel has spent millions investigating Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump's refusal to return classified documents as well as key aspects of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege, has spent $5.4 million on his tasks so far, according to a newly published financial report about …

Ex-Prosecutor Sends Trump A Stark Warning About Jack Smith
1 year, 5 months ago

Ex-Prosecutor Sends Trump A Stark Warning About Jack Smith

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Glenn Kirschner on Saturday said it seems like special counsel Jack Smith “still has a good bit of investigating to go” in his probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked Kirschner, a former U.S. Army prosecutor and current legal analyst for the network, what he made of a New …

Adam Schiff dismantles John Durham: Just call it 'good old-fashioned GOP cheating with the enemy'
1 year, 6 months ago

Adam Schiff dismantles John Durham: Just call it 'good old-fashioned GOP cheating with the enemy'

Raw Story  

Rep. Adam Schiff took on former special counsel John Durham at a hearing on his investigation into the FBI's probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Throughout a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday, Durham rarely went against Republican claims that there was no "collusion" between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia. "So let's break this down," Schiff said before asking Durham if …

Trump-Russia special counsel Durham at center of political clash as he appears before Congress
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump-Russia special counsel Durham at center of political clash as he appears before Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The special counsel who investigated the FBI’s probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign found himself at the center of a heated political fight as he appeared before a congressional committee Wednesday, with Democrats denouncing his inquiry and Republicans arguing that its findings helped prove an anti-Trump bias within law enforcement. Under questioning from Republicans, …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump charged in classified documents probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Former U.S. President Donald Trump charged in classified documents probe

The Hindu  

Former United States President Donald Trump has said that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House. Read Editorial | Misplaced secrets: On U.S. President Joe Biden’s legal …

The Durham report has bared the American ‘deep state’
1 year, 6 months ago

The Durham report has bared the American ‘deep state’

Live Mint  

In India, we are regularly told by opposition parties that the government uses its intelligence agencies to serve its political ends—the Central Bureau of Investigation, the National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and so on. To put it simply, the entire Russia-Trump theory seems to have been a political ploy by the Barack Obama government and the people who managed …

Trump's Russia ties: Was Mueller probe worth the price? Durham's investigation clears Trump and questions FBI
1 year, 7 months ago

Trump's Russia ties: Was Mueller probe worth the price? Durham's investigation clears Trump and questions FBI

Hindustan Times  

The high-profile investigations into potential Russian interference in Donald Trump's 2016 US Presidential campaign, led by special counsels Robert Mueller and John Durham, have finally drawn to a close. John Durham, appointed by Attorney General William Barr, has investigated potential misconduct in the origins of the Mueller's probe into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russian interference in the 2016 …

Special prosecutor ends Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted hastily
1 year, 7 months ago

Special prosecutor ends Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted hastily

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president’s prediction that the “crime of the century” would be uncovered. The roughly 300-page report catalogs …

Durham's Report on FBI's Russia-Trump probe. A witch hunt or a missed connection? | Key takeaways
1 year, 7 months ago

Durham's Report on FBI's Russia-Trump probe. A witch hunt or a missed connection? | Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

Special counsel John Durham has released his final report on the FBI's investigation into connections between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. 1] Durham questions the FBI's rush to investigate Trump The report highlights that the special counsel's office conducted over 480 interviews, reviewed more than one million documents, and issued 190 grand jury subpoenas. Durham ended …

FBI ‘should never have investigated Trump’s links to Russia in 2016 election’, report finds
1 year, 7 months ago

FBI ‘should never have investigated Trump’s links to Russia in 2016 election’, report finds

The Telegraph  

The report was critical of investigators' decisions to use information from the so-called Steele dossier, compiled by former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, to obtain surveillance warrants against a Trump campaign official. Trump ‘treated differently to Hillary Clinton’ Mr Durham also accused the FBI of treating the investigation into Mr Trump's campaign differently from other politically sensitive investigations, including ones involving …

Probe of FBI’s handling of Trump-Russia investigation ends
1 year, 7 months ago

Probe of FBI’s handling of Trump-Russia investigation ends

Al Jazeera  

US special prosecutor criticises FBI approach to politically charged investigation but does not issue new charges. A special United States probe into the conduct of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has found that the agency lacked “actual evidence” to investigate possible collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. The report released on Monday detailed several missteps by the …

Trump rages at 'slovenly' Bill Barr for saying he'll likely get indicted in classified documents case
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump rages at 'slovenly' Bill Barr for saying he'll likely get indicted in classified documents case

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump launched a tirade against his former attorney general, William Barr, for saying that he will likely face federal charges over the stash of classified documents FBI agents found at his Mar-a-Lago country club. "Slovenly and pathetic Bill Barr, our COWARD former A.G., was on ABC FAKE NEWS this weekend making statements that he knows nothing about …

Trump now faces these four major criminal probes: Mueller prosecutor
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump now faces these four major criminal probes: Mueller prosecutor

Raw Story  

Speaking to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, Robert Mueller's senior prosecutor Andrew Weissmann walked through the four major criminal cases Donald Trump now faces in court. Weissmann said it was "remarkable" that a former president of the United States would be facing so many criminal investigations that are headed toward prosecution at the same time. RELATED: 'Cat's out of the bag': Mark …

Durham's dud is worse than it looks — and now Trump suddenly doesn't want to talk witch hunts
1 year, 10 months ago

Durham's dud is worse than it looks — and now Trump suddenly doesn't want to talk witch hunts

Raw Story  

The thing that you've got to remember about Trump, bless his black heart, is that his obsessions invariably take him to places he would rather not have gone. In fact, the entire reason John Durham was ever appointed by Attorney General William Barr as a Special Counsel to look into the origins of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in the first …

Jamie Raskin: 'The Durham investigation was the weaponization of the Justice Department'
1 year, 10 months ago

Jamie Raskin: 'The Durham investigation was the weaponization of the Justice Department'

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Under the leadership of Rep. Jim Jordan, Republicans have started an investigatory committee to dig into the Justice Department investigations into Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 attack. Sen. Dick Durbin has announced that under his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he intends to investigate the Justice Department's actions under Barr and specifically the Durham probe. "Egged …

'Potential cover-up': House Dems ask for probe into Bill Barr and John Durham
1 year, 10 months ago

'Potential cover-up': House Dems ask for probe into Bill Barr and John Durham

Raw Story  

Just when the Department of Justice's investigation into former President Donald Trump's dealings with Russia and the 2016 election seemed to be over, two Democrats from the House of Representatives are now requesting the DOJ's independent inspector general to begin an investigation of the entire Russia inquiry. Ted Lieu and Dan Goldman have initiated the request, stating that new information …

Bill Barr asked Italian officials to discredit Russia probe — they responded with evidence linking Trump to crimes
1 year, 10 months ago

Bill Barr asked Italian officials to discredit Russia probe — they responded with evidence linking Trump to crimes

Raw Story  

A new report from the New York Times details how former Attorney General Bill Barr's efforts to discredit the probe into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russian agents completely floundered. One particularly telling section of the Times' story involves a trip that Barr made to Italy in order to push officials in that country for evidence that the Russia investigation …

Federal grand jury hears testimony about Trump's motive for taking classified documents: report
1 year, 11 months ago

Federal grand jury hears testimony about Trump's motive for taking classified documents: report

Raw Story  

Special counsel Jack Smith's team is reportedly focusing on former President Donald Trump's motives for taking classified material related to the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Longtime journalist Murray Waas first reported that prosecutors had questioned at least three people about Trump's possible motives for removing the classified documents. "Now, sources close to Special Counsel Jack …

Former prosecutor points to 'naïve' documents probe comment by Trump DOJ official
1 year, 11 months ago

Former prosecutor points to 'naïve' documents probe comment by Trump DOJ official

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appeared on Sunday's "Meet the Press" to explain what he would be doing regarding President Joe Biden's document investigation, only to be denounced by legal experts. Former prosecutor Shanlon Wu called it a "poor investigative strategy." he chastised the former DOJ official known for crafting the letter that helped Donald Trump fire …

Where in the World Is Trump’s Special Counsel?
1 year, 11 months ago

Where in the World Is Trump’s Special Counsel?

Slate  

Back in November, when the Department of Justice appointed special prosecutor Jack Smith to investigate the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and office, the news came with an unusual detail: Smith would be working remotely from the Netherlands, where he had been working as a war crimes prosecutor at The Hague. Smith has his work …

Jan. 6 committee recommends four criminal charges against Trump
2 years ago

Jan. 6 committee recommends four criminal charges against Trump

Raw Story  

The congressional committee that investigated last year's attack on the US Capitol recommended Monday that criminal charges be filed against former president Donald Trump. "The committee has developed significant evidence that president Trump intended to disrupt the peaceful transition of power under our Constitution," Representative Jamie Raskin said as he outlined the panel's findings. "We believe that the evidence described …

Special counsel Jack Smith is already 'moving fast' on Trump criminal probes much differently than Robert Mueller: report
2 years ago

Special counsel Jack Smith is already 'moving fast' on Trump criminal probes much differently than Robert Mueller: report

Raw Story  

According to a report from CNN, newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith has hit the ground running after taking over at least two criminal probes into Donald Trump's links to the Jan. 6 insurrection and his hiding of government documents at Mar-a-Lago. A team of 20 prosecutors investigating January 6 and the effort to overturn the 2020 election is in …

'FBI should apologize': Trump rails against investigation while promoting post that demands Obama be jailed
2 years, 1 month ago

'FBI should apologize': Trump rails against investigation while promoting post that demands Obama be jailed

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on early Wednesday morning once again lashed out at the FBI probing his campaign's multiple contacts Russian agents during the 2016 presidential election. In his latest Truth Social post on the matter, Trump promoted a post advocating that former President Barack Obama be thrown in jail for his supposed role in launching the Russia investigation, despite …

Trump lashes out at 'disgraceful judicial system' after his much-hyped Durham probe fails to convict suspects
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump lashes out at 'disgraceful judicial system' after his much-hyped Durham probe fails to convict suspects

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked the American legal system after his much-hyped probe into the FBI's investigation of his 2016 campaign's contacts with Russian agents failed to convict another alleged wrongdoer. Days after Trump-appointed special prosecutor John Durham lost his second case before a jury in the last six months, Trump baselessly claimed on his Truth Social platform …

Trump claim of ‘Crime of Century’ fizzles in 3-year probe
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump claim of ‘Crime of Century’ fizzles in 3-year probe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump once predicted that a special prosecutor appointed during his administration would uncover “the crime of the century” — a conspiracy to sink his 2016 campaign. That has fallen far short of Trump supporters’ expectations that Durham would reveal a “deep state” plot behind the U.S. government’s investigation into ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 …

John Durham's probe ended in 'humiliation' for Trump-era special counsel: analysis
2 years, 2 months ago

John Durham's probe ended in 'humiliation' for Trump-era special counsel: analysis

Raw Story  

Special counsel John Durham's years-long investigation appears to have staggered to conclusion without securing any convictions. A federal jury acquitted Russian analyst Igor Danchenko on four counts of lying to the FBI in its investigation of Christopher Steele's dossier about Donald Trump, and MSNBC's Steve Benen said jurors noticed that Durham's case was thin, at best. "By any fair measure, …

Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier
2 years, 2 months ago

Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The sole conviction — an FBI lawyer admitted altering an email related to the surveillance of a former Trump aide — was for conduct uncovered not by …

Witness contradicts theory against Trump dossier analyst
2 years, 2 months ago

Witness contradicts theory against Trump dossier analyst

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The FBI agent who questioned a think tank analyst charged with lying to the bureau about his role in the creation of a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump has twice testified that he believes the analyst was truthful with him, jurors heard Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that Danchenko fabricated one of his sources and obscured another …

Trial begins for analyst who was source for Trump dossier
2 years, 2 months ago

Trial begins for analyst who was source for Trump dossier

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Russian analyst who played a major role in the creation of a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump fabricated one of his own sources and concealed the identity of another when interviewed by the FBI, prosecutors said Tuesday. The FBI interviewed Danchenko on multiple occasions in 2017 as it tried to corroborate allegations in what …

Russian analyst set to face trial on charges of lying to FBI
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian analyst set to face trial on charges of lying to FBI

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Five years after the term “Steele dossier” entered the political lexicon, a think tank analyst who contributed to research about Donald Trump and Russia goes on trial Tuesday for lying to the FBI about his sources of information. Igor Danchenko is the third person to be prosecuted by Special Counsel John Durham, who was appointed to investigate …

Judge rules naughty bits off limits at Trump dossier trial
2 years, 2 months ago

Judge rules naughty bits off limits at Trump dossier trial

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors cannot present evidence to a jury about the most salacious parts of a flawed dossier alleging connections between former President Donald Trump and Russia at an upcoming trial of an analyst who served as a primary source for that report. Special Counsel John Durham says Danchenko was a primary source …

Jan 6 hearings: Trump-linked lawyer compares FBI to Stasi, as ex-president’s call to Putin revealed
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan 6 hearings: Trump-linked lawyer compares FBI to Stasi, as ex-president’s call to Putin revealed

The Independent  

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“Insanely corrupt”: Despite failure, Bill Barr brags that John Durham boosted Trump’s Clinton smears
2 years, 6 months ago

“Insanely corrupt”: Despite failure, Bill Barr brags that John Durham boosted Trump’s Clinton smears

Salon  

Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday heaped praise on special counsel John Durham for boosting former President Donald Trump's "Russiagate" narrative even though his three-year investigation has been dismissed as an epic failure by legal experts. Barr acknowledged that Durham "did not succeed in getting a conviction from the D.C. jury" but argued that he accomplished "something far more …

The Durham investigation is a flop — but Donald Trump just can't quit the conspiracy
2 years, 6 months ago

The Durham investigation is a flop — but Donald Trump just can't quit the conspiracy

Salon  

Donald Trump has made no secret of his deep and abiding belief in vengeance as a philosophical principle. That torture investigation began under Bush's last attorney general, Michael Mukasey, who tasked Durham with looking into the destruction of CIA tapes of "interrogation" sessions. RELATED: Eric Holder: Democracy is worth saving — and justice is coming for Donald Trump After being …

Donald Trump Jr. buried in mockery after complaining about failed Durham probe: 'You need your pacifier?'
2 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump Jr. buried in mockery after complaining about failed Durham probe: 'You need your pacifier?'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump, his son Don Jr., and former aides are attacking the American judicial system after a jury declared that former Hillary Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann was innocent of accusations by special counsel John Durham. Durham has focused on Sussmann as part of an investigation into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Trump's purported links to Russia. At …

Former AG Bill Barr believes John Durham has uncovered 'seditious' actions against Trump
2 years, 6 months ago

Former AG Bill Barr believes John Durham has uncovered 'seditious' actions against Trump

Daily Mail  

Former Attorney General Bill Barr called the Russia probe a 'dirty' trick and says there was 'seditious activity' in explosive new comments while promoting a memoir where he writes that Trump 'cared only about one thing: himself' during the 2020 election overturn effort. 'The whole Russiagate thing was a grave injustice,' said former Attorney General Bill Barr, who said the …

Key witness testifies in trial tied to Trump-Russia probe
2 years, 7 months ago

Key witness testifies in trial tied to Trump-Russia probe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The star prosecution witness in the trial of a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer testified Thursday that he was “100 percent confident” that the attorney told him he was not acting on behalf of a particular client when he presented information meant to cast suspicions on Donald Trump and possible links to Russia. Baker was the FBI’s general counsel …

Testimony: Clinton team did not approve lawyer’s FBI meeting
2 years, 7 months ago

Testimony: Clinton team did not approve lawyer’s FBI meeting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign did not authorize a lawyer to meet with the FBI and provide information that was meant to cast suspicions on rival candidate Donald Trump and possible connections to Russia, according to trial testimony Wednesday. Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Clinton’s 2016 campaign, is charged with lying to the FBI during a meeting at which …

EXPLAINER: Why stakes are high in trial tied to Russia probe
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why stakes are high in trial tied to Russia probe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The first trial resulting from special counsel John Durham’s investigation of the early days of the Trump-Russia probe hardly seems an explosive affair. Sussmann is accused of lying to the FBI’s general counsel, James Baker, during a meeting on Sept. 19, 2016, in which Sussmann presented research that he said suggested a possible secret backchannel of communications between …

British spy Christopher Steele may be called as witness in trial of former Clinton attorney: court filings
2 years, 8 months ago

British spy Christopher Steele may be called as witness in trial of former Clinton attorney: court filings

Raw Story  

Special counsel John Durham may call Christopher Steele as a witness in the upcoming trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann. The new filings show Durham, who was appointed by Trump to investigate the origins of the Russia probe, intends to show the Clinton campaign tried to dig up dirt about the former president in his first campaign …

Lawyer charged by Durham seeks dismissal of indictment
2 years, 10 months ago

Lawyer charged by Durham seeks dismissal of indictment

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign who was charged by special counsel John Durham with lying to the FBI during a 2016 meeting asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the indictment, calling it a case of “extraordinary prosecutorial overreach.” Lawyers for Michael Sussmann said that if the indictment were allowed to proceed, it would “risk criminalizing …

Lawyer charged by Durham seeks dismissal of indictment
2 years, 10 months ago

Lawyer charged by Durham seeks dismissal of indictment

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign who was charged by special counsel John Durham with lying to the FBI during a 2016 meeting asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the indictment, calling it a case of “extraordinary prosecutorial overreach.” Lawyers for Michael Sussmann said that if the indictment were allowed to proceed, it would “risk criminalizing …

EXPLAINER: How the latest Trump-Russia filing generated buzz
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: How the latest Trump-Russia filing generated buzz

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The latest filing from special counsel John Durham in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has been seized on by the conservative media and Donald Trump himself as vindication of the former president’s oft-repeated claims that he was “spied” on. One headline said Durham had alleged that the campaign of Hillary Clinton paid to “infiltrate” …

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