Posted on 05/20/2022 1:59:02 PM PDT by blam
Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook dropped a bombshell in court on Friday – testifying that Hillary Clinton approved the dissemination of allegations that then-candidate Donald Trump had a covert communications channel with a Russian bank, despite campaign officials not being “totally confident” in the rumor, according to Fox News.
Mook, who was called to the stand by the defense team for former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann, was asked under cross-examination about the campaign’s understanding of the allegations against Trump, and whether the campaign planned to release it to the media.
He told prosecutor Andrew DeFillippis that he was first briefed by campaign general counsel Marc Elias, who was a partner with Perkins Coie at the time, adding that he was told the data had come from “people that had expertise in this sort of matter.”
Mook said the campaign was not totally confident in the legitimacy of the data, but had hoped to give the information to a reporter who could further “run it down” to determine if it was “accurate” or “substantive.”
He also said he discussed whether to give the information to a reporter with senior campaign officials, including campaign chairman John Podesta, senior policy advisor, now White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and communications director Jennifer Palmieri. -Fox News
“I discussed it with Hillary as well,” said Mook, who added “I don’t remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was, hey, we have this and we want to share it with a reporter.”
When asked how Clinton responded, Mook said: “She agreed.“
And then she did this:
Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank. pic.twitter.com/8f8n9xMzUU
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 1, 2016
Of note, after previously denying the prosecutions request to include the tweet into evidence, he approved it on Friday.
Sussman has been charged with lying to the FBI when he told General Counsel James Baker in September 2016 – less than two months before the US election – that he wasn’t doing work “for any client” when he presented the Alfa Bank “purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communicates channel” between the Trump organization and the Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank.
Special Counsel John Durham alleges that Sussman was in fact working for the Clinton Campaign and tech executive Rodney Joffe. He has pleaded not guilty.
...and executed.
Since the media was TOTALLY complicit in this matter, both before and after the election, allowing the American people to be largely deceived for the entire Trump administration with many still believing this nonsense today, the journalistic media is as much at fault as Clinton.
and to think if the liberals had gotten their way, Trump would of been removed from office over this!
Hilary is a traitor, and should be hung!
How did the Clinton Foundation ninjas miss him?
Or maybe Hillary! is bulletproof against this?
No need. Conflicted rat Judge, at least 3 Clinton donors on the jury.
I would call this an insurrection how about you folks!! I would advise EVERYONE in DC to cease and desist with all of the insurrection BS about Trump immediately, this is the typical Dem MO blame the opposition for EVERY damn thing they are actually doing!!
I know it’s sort of seen as a “first step” — but this whole trial is about Sussman working to help Hillary, yet lying to the FBI when he said he was talking to them to be helpful, and not on behalf of a client.
That’s it?? That?? This ... this is the most boring case in history. There is just nothing there. Oh, sure, lying to the FBI. There might be some penalty for that. Maybe. But this whole thing is nothing.
Walk away people. There will be nothing to see here.
The GOP was responsible for the eventual kill shot.
Then your a fool. Because all this story is about is the content.
There’s probably 10 more just like this one.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/20/hillary-clinton-okd-sharing-trump-russia-data-campaign-manager/amp/
I find it strange that the news comes out fingering Hillary and your only comment is to throw shade at the story.
Hillary will die without charges ever being brought against her. Since evil is allowed to live a long time on this Earth, it may be a long wait before the real judgment occurs.
Dead man walking. Sorry Robbie.
Just to be clear, I do not consider Zubu Brothers to be a credible news source. For one thing they don’t have an acronymn, like “CBS,” or “NBC.”
Didn't the District of Corruption also vote 95% Biden? Yeah. This trial has an ice cubes chance in hell of succeeding.
Of course I am being sarcastic, I think. 😋
What are the current odds on when Garland pulls the plug on this prosecution?
That’s only a bombshell to people who have had their heads completely, ah, buried in the sand.
I marvel at how the dems on the hill are all playing stupid now.
This lays the ground work/story that Hillary didn’t know of any details other than someone related a story to her and she approved ir not know any details...I now think this is Mook covering tracks.
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