Posted on 05/25/2022 6:23:31 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Day 8 of the #SussmannTrial is set to begin at the E. Barnett Perryman US District Courthouse in Washington, DC. shortly with the prosecution set to sum up its case with its 17th witness, #Durham paralegal Kori Arsenault.
The prosecution Tuesday night filed two motions seeking to thwart the defense's anticipated request to enter all of Sussmann's testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Dec.18, 2017.
The motion is likely to be the first matter discussed before Judge Christopher Cooper when the proceedings begin this morning. The prosecution, with Arsenault as its summary witness, rests its case today.
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Cooper begins the day by admonishing both sides to “keep it clean” in complying with the “evidentiary guardrails” hammered out before, and during, the trial. #SussmannTrial
Prosecutors this morning acknowledged they did not mean to elect such a response and agreed to have the statement struck from the record. ALSO: Both parties agree to government motion regarding 2017 Sussmann Congressional testimony
Elicit, that is ... we’ll get it together as the day goes along. Maybe. Meanwhile, Arsenault is on the stand. There has already been one sidebar as the government summarizes its case against Sussmann and agreement not to parade “100 exhibits, one-by-one
Government enters billing records as evidence. Sussmann told FBI he wasn’t representing clients but between July 31-Sept. 19, 2016, he billed #Clinton campaign four times for communications “regarding server” (with Elias) or “regarding confidential project.”
Billing, calendar entries, phone records ... like reading cement but they are the building blocks of the government’s case, documenting Sussmann’s engagement with others in the alleged “joint venture.
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There was going to be args this a.m. on limits on questioning Eric Lichtblau, the ex-NYT reporter who was working on a potential Alfa Bank article. But I’m told Sussmann’s attorneys have decided to withdraw the subpoena, so Lichtblau will apparently not be a witness after all.
Berkowitz also objects to prosecution’s use yesterday of email from Joffe to researchers re “Is this plausible as an explanation?” which elicited an answer from Heide that the data or analysis might have been fabricated
Berkowitz wants that Q&A struck from record and prosecution barred from using the email for the rest of the trial. DeFilippis doesn’t object to striking the answer from the record but wants to still be able to use the exhibit. Judge will mull. /6
Arsenault is prompted to describe several entries in a summary chart of the billing records showing Sussmann logged work on Alfa Bank stuff - white paper, talks with Elias, talks with expert and reporter - to the Clinton campaign.
The entry she reads for Sept. 19, 2016 - the day of the meeting with Baker - includes Sussmann logging 3.3 hours to the Clinton campaign for “work and communications regarding confidential project.”
LOL oops
Charlie Savage
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Prosecution introduces a record showing Sussmann expensed the purchase of flash drives, logging the cost to the Clinton campaign, a few days before the Baker meeting, for “confidential project.”
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A receipt Sussmann submitted with the expense shows Sussmann bought the flash drives from a Staples on H St NW in DC on Sept. 13, 2016. Prosecution puts up a Google Map showing the Staples is a one-block walk from Perkins Coie’s DC office./18
Charlie Savage
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On cross of Arsenault, Bosworth establishes that the Sept. 19 entry about 3 hours to Clinton campaign for confidential project doesn’t say “FBI” or “meeting,” whereas many of Sussmann’s other billing entries say meetings, incl “meeting with FBI.”
osworth uses Arsenault to introduce records of Sussmann expensing taxi from office to lunch and then “attend meeting at FBI” on September 19, 2016 — emphasizing that Sussmann did not bill that to the Clinton campaign or Joffe or any client. Billed to the law firm generally
Similarly, when Sussmann expensed taxi from lunch to “attend meeting at FBI” on September 19 he billed it to the law firm generally, not to Clinton campaign or Joffe or any client. /
oops again
John Haughey
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Prosecutors read Sussmann Dec 2017 Congressional testimony into record. Q) When you engaged with FBI, CIA, you were doing that on your own volition? A) No Q) You were directed to have those conversations? A) Yes Q) Client was ok with you going to CIA? A) Yes
Charlie Savage
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After reading stipulations from former DOJ official Scott Schools about his notes of the meeting, we get the first defense witness: Tashina Gauhar, former associate deputy attorney general. /29
from Kash Patel:
Im in court today at Sussman trial. Monster evidence submitted by prosecution. Perkins Coei got paid $3 million+ in 2016/2017 by tech exec joffe’s company. And joffe was on the books as an fbi source the entire time. What is chris wray doing allowing this criminal clown show to operate under his fbi leadership??? More to follow, go to -
McCord is off the stand and the defense calls FBI agent Tom Grasso to testimony. Lead defense attorney Sean Berkowitz will examine Grasso, who was subpoenaed to testify by Sussmann’s team.
Discussion before Cooper regarding a sealed motion filed by the defense regarding what Sussmann could be asked if he choses to testify. The defense wants “pre-trial negotiations” precluded from questioning.
Sussmann’s lawyers want a prompt response but prosecutors want more time to review the motion. Lead defense attorney Sean Berkowitz said a response is needed “sooner rather than later” because it would “inform” Sussmann’s decision to take the stand
Berkowitz said if Sussmann takes the stand, it would likely take at least three hours, begin Thursday and end Friday. This, Cooper said, would like mean closing arguments won’t be heard until next Tuesday
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Discussion now about a sealed defense motion, if Sussmann were to testify, to preclude govt from cross-examining him about materials submitted to the govt pre-indictment in effort to persuade the govt not to go forward with the case. It’s sealed bc attachments are sealed. /61
sounds like Sussman might testify tomorrow
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