Posted on 05/23/2022 2:52:35 AM PDT by Libloather
Prosecutors in the criminal trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann are expected to introduce their most important piece of evidence this week, a billing record for the defendant’s 2016 meeting with the FBI to pitch anti-Trump dirt.
Court watchers say waiting until later in the trial to show jurors a smoking gun in the case is the right call.
“My speculation is that they are saving the billing record for the bolo punch at the end. The bigger risk is introducing it earlier in the trial and the jury won’t remember what it’s about,” said Andrew Leipold, a law professor at the University of Illinois and former member of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr’s team that investigated President Clinton.
The trial closed out its first week Friday with bombshell testimony from several witnesses. It is expected to continue at least through the end of this week.
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Prosecutors say the case hinges on the tedious world of law firm billing. Last week, they presented a slew of internal emails and billing records showing Mr. Sussmann pursued the Alfa Bank allegations on behalf of the campaign.
But they’ve also withheld the most important record, a bill Mr. Sussmann sent the Clinton campaign for the Baker meeting, which was held just weeks away from the 2016 election.
Prosecutor Brittain Shaw teed up the bill in her opening statement Tuesday, which is the last time Mr. Durham’s team has mentioned it.
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Why does it matter?
What does it matter at this point in time?
Despite the overwhelming evidence, this trial being held in Washington, D.C. will end with a verdict as predictable as holding the O.J. criminal trial in Los Angeles.
Have we ever gotten any justice? Are Clinton donors going to vote to convict? I doubt it, but I just hope we can get justice.
Skip the stand and send her straight to the gallows .
Insert ‘What difference does it make!?’ meme plz, kkthx. /s
According to his own account, the FIB’s account, and that of several witnesses he claimed he was NOT there on behalf of a client.
Yet he billed the Hildabeast for the time.
Yes! He actually billed that time. So was he there on behalf of his client or did he commit mail fraud by billing for that time? They have him dead to rights. But of course this is in the corrupt DC swamp which voted 92% to 5% for Biden so expect them to refuse to convict anybody on team Democrat no matter how obviously corrupt he was and no matter the ironclad evidence which shows it.
You probably are right but one key factor not mentioned.
He is WHITE
I keep hearing ‘jury nullification’ ala OJ....Not looking great.
If the Hillary conspiracy is brought out, I bet Durham sees his job as done. Even if this slime all lawyer walks.
I’m hearing the mainstream media is not covering the trial so half the country doesn’t even know about it.
Be funny if cheque’s from the Clintoon Foundation for Hati were covering all of the legal bills.....
“It is not enough to merely kill a man; you must destroy his reputation.” - Fouche
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