[nicollo]

I'm reading more about the Durham reply, and I'm now less convinced Durham's response is a coverup, From Durham:

a false statement is material if it has the capability to influence a "discrete decision" or "any other function of the agency."

Whether or not the FBI, General Counsel Baker, particularly, knew of the ultimate motive/sources of Sussman doesn't matter to this motion, as it's just a matter of proving whether or not Sussmann's actions constituted a "material falsehood."

You and I know that Baker knew, but that neither implicates nor absolves him while not absolving Sussmann either way. I'm not confident, here, but it's not a closed door as I had initially thought.

[Starboard]

I’m not confident, here, but it’s not a closed door as I had initially thought.

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I’m afraid there is little reason to be confident about much of anything in Washington. The system is thoroughly corrupt.