Based on the instructions to the jury, this is not a surprise.
I guess Russia Russia Russia actually happened then! /Sarc
“Based on the instructions to the jury, this is not a surprise.”
Yup. I believe the judge said even if Sussmann knowingly lied that he was not guilty unless there was ‘maliscious intent’ behind his lying. Prosecution had him dead to rights as far as lying, had the lies in text messages in black and white, but the way the judge instructed the jury made it just about impossible to convict.