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Ex-New York Times reporter asked that his testimony be protected in next week's Sussmann trial
https://justthenews.com ^ | Updated: May 13, 2022 - 10:33am | By Just the News staff

Posted on 05/13/2022 11:01:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

Trial is set to begin Monday in a federal court in Washington, D.C.

An attorney for an ex-New York Times reporter being called to testify next week in special counsel John Durham’s case against ex-Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is asking that his client be protected from having to testify about some matters related to the case.

The motion for protective order for journalist Eric Lichtblau was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by attorney Chad Bowman of the Washington, D.C., firm Ballard Spahr LLP.

The four-page court document points out that Lichtblau worked for The Times in its Washington bureau from 2002 until 2017 and was part of a Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on then-President Trump’s advisers and "their connections to Russia."

Bowman writes in the court request that in 2016 his client was "investigating information showing that logs of computer ‘look up’ messages showed a pattern of connection between a Trump Organization computer server and a large Russian bank with longstanding ties to Russia's president" and that Sussmann was a "confidential source for this reporting."

The possible connection between the Trump Organization and the bank, now identified as Alfa Bank, is central to the case against Sussmann, who in September 2016, just weeks before the Election Day between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, met with then-FBI general counsel James Baker to warn him about the matter.

However, based on emails and other information, Durham’s investigation and a grand jury has concluded enough evidence exists to show that Sussmann, then a partner at the law firm Perkins Coie, didn’t tell Baker during their meeting he was representing two clients – the Clinton campaign and a technology executive with whom he worked.

The trial is set to begin Monday.

Bowman in the court documents states Sussmann, who has pleaded not guilty, has released his client from a confidentiality agreement regarding their communications and that after Lichtblau was subpoenaed by Sussmann's legal team to testify he was assured the "scope" of questions wouldn’t "implicate other, confidential news sources."

However, he writes that on May 2, after several communications with the special counsel's office, attorney Andrew DeFillipis stated the prosecution was unable to give "any assurance" that their cross-examination of Lichtblau "would be confined to discussion with Mr. Sussmann."

Bowman said DeFillipis pointed to the special counsel being in possession of his client's emails with third parties that might be discussed.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2020election; election2016; election2020; ericlichtblau; newyorktimes; sussmann
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1 posted on 05/13/2022 11:01:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

He must’ve not had his booster shot so he doesn’t come down with Arkancide.


2 posted on 05/13/2022 11:04:38 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Red Badger

I find I can’t think of anyone associated with the Slimes who should now and for all eternity be locked up.


3 posted on 05/13/2022 11:06:48 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Red Badger

I find I can’t think of anyone associated with the Slimes who should not now and for all eternity be locked up.


4 posted on 05/13/2022 11:07:46 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Red Badger
Where there's smoke, there's fire.

5 posted on 05/13/2022 11:09:25 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Where there’s smoke, there’s weed...................


6 posted on 05/13/2022 11:11:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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The four-page court document points out that Lichtblau worked for The Times in its Washington bureau from 2002 until 2017 and was part of a Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on then-President Trump’s advisers and "their connections to Russia."

But since those "connections" were non-existent, and were wholly concocted by the campaign staff of President Trump's political opponent, what Lichtblau was doing can't really be called "reporting," can it?

7 posted on 05/13/2022 11:11:47 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Has Pulitzer asked for their prize back?..................


8 posted on 05/13/2022 11:13:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

They’re hiding something obviously!


9 posted on 05/13/2022 11:16:32 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Red Badger

DC federal court should be a walk in the park for lefty turds. They have nothing to worry about.


10 posted on 05/13/2022 11:22:22 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew ("Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Red Badger

Do you think Hillary’s liquor bill has doubled or maybe tripled lately? Or perhaps she has it fixed and isn’t sweating it.


11 posted on 05/13/2022 11:27:24 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Red Badger

Give him a box of condoms.


12 posted on 05/13/2022 11:36:28 AM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: know.your.why

Kevlar ones....................


13 posted on 05/13/2022 11:37:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Hillary has his nuts in a lock box. He is afraid to talk.


14 posted on 05/13/2022 11:49:01 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Red Badger

The wheels of justice go slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.

Maybe.

5.56mm


15 posted on 05/13/2022 12:05:43 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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"Has Pulitzer asked for their prize back?"

Heh... not hardly. In fact, WaPo just got one for their coverage of the 'insurrection'.

16 posted on 05/13/2022 12:24:28 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: MtnClimber

And that’s why I still think there won’t be a trial. Getting late but Sussmann still has to figger out who he wants to take with him.


17 posted on 05/13/2022 12:58:00 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: OldWarBaby

He will have to be careful to avoid Arkancide!


18 posted on 05/13/2022 1:28:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Arkancide is most likely his biggest fear. And I expect he will do something like Webb Hubbell: “ I gotta roll over one more time”..—And back to jail he went


19 posted on 05/13/2022 2:02:43 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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The Judge is the husband of a Dem Activist lawyer that represented Lisa Page in the Trump Coup. In other words, this case!


Strzok, Page - now into identifying Jan 6th Protesters.

Why Durham didn’t bring a motion to have him booted is another question.

- Durham brings a single count that in his past results in zero fine and zero jail.


20 posted on 05/13/2022 3:12:06 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden?)
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