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Jury forewoman explains Sussmann verdict: 'There are bigger things that affect the nation'
justthenews.com ^ | May 31, 2022 | Madeleine Hubbard

Posted on 06/01/2022 5:31:26 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corrupticrats; coupdetat; demagogicparty; durham; michaelsussmann; mistrial; sussmann
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To: Republican Wildcat

The left thinks Republicans don’t even deserve any kind of justice at all. We are an after thought, subhuman.


61 posted on 06/01/2022 7:44:00 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: lowbridge
The government "could have spent our time more wisely," she added.

Perhaps the must demoralizing and dehumanizing thing I have read in a while.

62 posted on 06/01/2022 7:45:11 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

These people make me SICK, they tried to DESTROY a presidency on a complete lie fabricated by the opposition YET there are far more important things than the utter division and destruction of our LEO institutions!!! What an utter stupid BITCH / SPIT!!!


63 posted on 06/01/2022 7:49:16 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

The right wing (normal America) is being dehumanized. The next step is box cars, then the camps. Ovens on the way.


64 posted on 06/01/2022 7:53:20 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: 9YearLurker

Jurors inclined to convict, even jurors neutral toward or favorable toward Trump in general, likely needed little prompting to join in on the collective middle finger the rest of the jurors were planning to spring on Durham.

“He may be a lying dirt eating snake of a lawyer, but he’s a civilian like us, and we civilians have HAD IT with all of you Fed Gov mini-tyrants being the only ones allowed to get off “scot free”.


65 posted on 06/01/2022 8:04:18 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: lowbridge

So many things to say in response to this liberal hack, but I wont waste my time.


66 posted on 06/01/2022 8:04:23 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: bray

Where are the riots?


67 posted on 06/01/2022 8:05:03 AM PDT by Squat (Deport the illegals now! Turn Home Depot's into the prisons to hold the illegals!.)
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To: Squat
Where are the riots?

Thus...the real problem.

68 posted on 06/01/2022 8:07:53 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

Nah. This is DC. They’ve all got someone in their family and friends who are overpaid fed bureaucrats.


69 posted on 06/01/2022 8:08:48 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Really? Is it clear to you that nobody in the jury could be neutral or favorable toward Trump, and/or inclined to convict based on the evidence but amenable to another outcome?


70 posted on 06/01/2022 8:17:28 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: lowbridge

There you have it. A clear case of “jury nullification.”


71 posted on 06/01/2022 8:20:15 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,162,066 active users on Truth Social)
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To: one guy in new jersey

I don’t doubt that at all. What isn’t clear to you?


72 posted on 06/01/2022 8:28:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: lowbridge

Cool. So now we have a precedent to lie to the government.


73 posted on 06/01/2022 8:30:40 AM PDT by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: Squat
Where are the riots?

Sheeple don't riot. They bleat. Some of us may fart in the genral direction of DC.

74 posted on 06/01/2022 8:31:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: lowbridge
Oooooh, dey couldnshba wait to run dey mouths.

15 minutes of fame. You all be askin' Tomeka Hart what dat be like. Ain't gonna like da ansuh.

“The jury composition was also challenging,” Turley added. “In a city that voted over 90% for Clinton, this was a nightmare jury pool. The judge also rejected requests to bar a couple jurors who raised legitimate concerns over their objectivity for the prosecution.”

In one instance during jury selection, Cooper overruled prosecutors’ objections to seating a man who had donated to Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, noting the prospective juror had “expressed a high degree of confidence” that he could be impartial."


75 posted on 06/01/2022 8:34:16 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Enjoy the parade of Putlim Soviet c!rclejerkers lining up for the Tedlim-style putsch)
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To: StAnDeliver

"The full jury panel contains 11 women and five men.

Many of the members of the broader jury pool, as well as some selected for the jury itself, expressed strong disdain for former President Donald Trump and/or support for Clinton. Most said they hadn't heard of the Sussmann case until the judge told them about it last week.

“I remembered that the 2016 election was kind of a mess and that there were a lot of shenanigans,” one of the selected jurors told the court. She said she “strongly” disliked Trump and said she didn’t think she could be impartial if this case about someone on his team, but that “I think if it’s not directly about Trump” then she could be impartial.

Another selected juror, a man who works for the Treasury Department, said he had donated money to the Democratic side during the 2016 primaries, but said he believed he could be fair. He was also aware that Robby Mook — one of the names listed on a jury questionnaire — had worked for the Clinton campaign (Mook was the campaign manager).

An additional juror, this one an attorney... claimed she couldn’t recall if she had donated money during the 2016, but said if she had it would’ve been to Clinton. She did donate money in 2020. The juror said that she “certainly had a strong preference for one candidate over the other” but that she believed she could be impartial.

The nation’s capital — and thus many of its jury pools — is overwhelmingly Democratic. Clinton received 90.9% of the vote, while Trump received 4.1% in 2016, and President Joe Biden got 92.1% while Trump received 5.4% in 2020.

Also among the Sussmann jurors are a former gymnast who is unemployed but a teacher by training, a medical illustrator, a mechanic, an employee of the Council on Foreign Relations, a worker for the Peace Corps, and a government contractor, among others."


76 posted on 06/01/2022 9:10:06 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Enjoy the parade of Putlim Soviet c!rclejerkers lining up for the Tedlim-style putsch)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Lying to the FBI is only a felony if it can ruin a Republican’s life. Democrats are above the law.


77 posted on 06/01/2022 9:25:51 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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To: lowbridge

‘There are bigger things that affect the nation’

So corrupt it burns.


78 posted on 06/01/2022 9:28:51 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: lowbridge

Reversable error. Many thanks.


79 posted on 06/01/2022 9:29:45 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: TiGuy22

I don’t entirely disagree with you in principle but her other statements give the impression that her real reasoning was political.


80 posted on 06/01/2022 9:41:30 AM PDT by Yardstick
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