Jury forewoman explains Sussmann verdict: 'There are bigger things that affect the nation'

justthenews.com ^ | May 31, 2022 | Madeleine Hubbard

[lowbridge]

Former Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann was acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI because the jury thought it was a waste of time, jurors indicated after giving the not guilty verdict."

I don't think it should have been prosecuted," she said, The Washington Times reported. "There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI."

Special Counsel John Durham charged Sussmann with lying to the FBI about his work with the Clinton campaign and a former tech firm executive when he provided the agency with information on the since-debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

She explained, "It was the government’s job to prove it, and they succeeded in some ways and not in others... We broke it down, and it did not pan out in the government’s favor."

She stressed that the verdict was not a partisan decision. 

"Politics were not a factor. ... We felt really comfortable being able to share what we thought. We had concise notes, and we were able to address the questions together," the forewoman said, according to The Washington Post. 

The government "could have spent our time more wisely," she added.

Another juror told the Post that "everyone pretty much saw it the same way" in the jury room.

[supremedoctrine]

Yes, that phrase contains it all -—ALL. It has become a central conceit of sorts of Democrats/”Progressives” of the current period, that the ordinary machinations of the political processes themselves are hopelessly mired in ancient time-wasting formalities, for folks ‘such as us’ —we are beyond all this -—don’t waste our time. History by the way, history ITSELF, should not have happened the way it happened, it shouldn’t have happened at all. That’s why we were justified in tearing down all those statues a few years ago.

[Jewbacca]

Clearly.