Posted on 05/31/2022 5:55:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The jury in the Michael Sussmann criminal case resumes deliberations today after the long Memorial Day weekend. While prosecutors presented overwhelming evidence over the last two weeks that Sussmann lied to then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in 2016, an acquittal by the D.C. jury still seems likely.
Judging the success of Special Counsel John Durham’s probe into the investigation of President Trump and those associated with the Trump campaign and administration should not rest on the outcome of the Sussmann prosecution, however. In fact, even if the special counsel’s office scores a conviction in its false statement case against Sussmann, that would do little to right the scales of justice unbalanced by more than five years of the politically motivated abuse of power that began as Crossfire Hurricane and continued even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued his final report.
So, measuring Durham’s performance by the outcome in United States v. Sussmann would be a mistake. Also, especially in the case of an acquittal, it would ignore the valuable information exposed related to the broader Spygate scandal. Using that gauge as a measure, the special counsel’s office succeeded wildly.
On September 19, 2016, Sussmann provided Baker data and whitepapers purporting to show a secret communications network between the Russia-based Alfa Bank and Donald Trump. In indicting Sussmann for allegedly lying to Baker during this meeting, the special counsel’s office revealed in its 27-page speaking indictment “a scandal much deeper than merely Sussmann’s role in a second Russian hoax — a scandal that entangles the Clinton campaign, multiple internet companies, two federally-funded university researchers, and a complicit media.”
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What do their deaths have to do with Hillary?
How much “outreach” have the jurors received from Democrats over the weekend? An honest judge would query each juror in private on this question.
Johnny Depp trial is what most Americans really care about. That’s why our Republic is irreparably doomed.
Even if the jury convicts Sussman, the special counsel investigation didn’t do nearly enough. Its very small compared to the overall conspiracy. Very senior people in the Democrat Party and FBI should be in jail. They never will be.
You are being kind to the FBI. the ‘technicality’ was more like a major screwup.
The Special Counsel will win only if Hillary is Indicted, otherwise its all Political smoke and mirrors.
The statute of limitations has already run out for Cankles.
Margot, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!
I’ve been saying that since the beginning.
This is nonsense. Sloth Durham lost when he didn’t flip Kleinsmith. Everything after that guaranteed only low level douchenozzles would even be charged, and none convicted by a DC jury.
Couldn’t Durham find some more “Low hanging fruit” with a court venue in Northern Virginia or Maryland?
Bull. People must go to jail.
Its a waste to hold the trial in Washington. Hillary’s supporters on the jury and a compromised judge
His next trial is in VA
“Even If The Jury Doesn’t Convict Michael Sussmann, The Special Counsel Has Won”, but the rest of us LOST!
All this time and money and losing would be a WIN?
Give Special Counsel John Durham a “participation trophy”.
While we are at it, give one to Barr too.
This article reads like someone handing out a participation award. If Hillary isn’t convicted in the end, it is called failure.
If he is acquitted, then can he be compelled to testify without being able to plead the 5th amendment, since no double jeopardy?
Good point. Any legal eagles out there?
Only about the one felony he is acquitted of.
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