Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann indicted for ‘LYING to FBI during Trump-Russia investigation’
HILLARY Clinton's campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann has been indicted for allegedly lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during a Trump-Russia investigation.
Special Counsel John Durham, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, and his prosecuting team charged Michael Sussmann on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI five years ago.
The indictment states: "During the meeting, Sussmann lied about the capacity in which he was providing the allegations to the FBI.
"Specifically, Sussmann stated falsely that he was not doing his work on the aforementioned allegations ‘for any client,’ which led the FBI General Counsel to understand that Sussmann was acting as a good citizen merely passing along information, not as a paid advocate or political operative."
"In fact, Sussmann acted on behalf of specific clients, namely a U.S. Technology Industry Executive, a U.S. Internet Company and the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign."
During a September 19, 2016, meeting at FBI headquarters between Sussmann and the FBI's then-general counsel, James Baker, Sussmann allegedly gave Baker documents and files that appeared to show a possible connection between Russia-based Alfa Bank and a Trump Organization server.
According to the indictment, the FBI concluded that the email server was not actually owned or controlled by the Trump Organization, the Associated Press reports.
Instead, it was determined to be administered by a mass marketing email company that sent ads for Trump hotels.
The statement continued: "This case represents the opposite of everything the Department of Justice is supposed to stand for."
"Stripped of its political bluster, innuendo, and irrelevant details, what is striking about the allegations in the indictment is how few of them actually relate to the charge the Special Counsel chose to bring.
"At its core, the Special Counsel is bringing a false statement charge based on an oral statement allegedly made five years ago to a single witness that is unrecorded and unobserved by anyone else.
"The Department of Justice would ordinarily never bring such a baseless case."
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