Posted on 04/16/2022 10:57:00 PM PDT by blam
Former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is accused of lying to the FBI when he claimed he was not handing over information about then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, made false statements to CIA officers in a meeting after Trump was sworn into office, according to new filings by Special Counsel John Durham’s team.
Sussman told James Baker, at the time the FBI’s general counsel, that he had “time-sensitive (and sensitive)” information to share before the pair met, according to a text message recently disclosed by prosecutors. In the same message, Sussman claimed he was “coming on my own—not on behalf of a client or company,” even though he’d been directed to deliver the information by Rodney Joffe, a technology executive, and billed the Clinton campaign for the work, according to prosecutors.
Sussman provided Baker in a Sept. 19, 2016, meeting with white papers that alleged Trump’s business had a secret channel with a Russian bank, allegations the FBI later determined were untrue.
On Feb. 9, 2017, Sussman met with CIA officers—where he also made false statements, according to the new filings.
A memorandum introduced by the special counsel’s team and penned by a CIA official said that Sussman provided documents and thumb drives that he claimed contained data related to potential Russian activities linked with Trump.
Sussman “advised that he was not representing a particular client,” according to the notes. Instead, he said he was conveying information from “contacts” who he believed “were acting in good faith and out of a sense of loyalty to the USG,” or U.S. government.
That contradicts how Sussman told a former CIA employee, who was said to have helped set up the February meeting, that he “represents a client who does not want to be known,” according to notes of the meeting taken by the former employee.
It also contradicts testimony Sussman delivered to the House Intelligence Committee. Under oath, Sussman said (pdf) he received the information “from a client of mine.”
Sussman said he learned of the information by the summer of 2016 but only came forward months later because President Barack Obama ordered an intelligence review of possible Russian interference in elections.
“This information seemed to fall roughly within that, and so I thought that might be—or my client thought that that might be something that was relevant for those that were gathering information regarding foreign-based actors,” Sussman said.
Michael Sussman in an undated interview. (CNN/Screenshot via NTD)
Another apparently false statement relates to what Sussman said during the meeting with the CIA concerning his previous meeting with the FBI.
Sussman gave the same information regarding the alleged secret channel to the CIA that he had to Baker. Sussman told the officers he had previously contacted Baker but on a “similar, though unrelated, matter,” according to the memo.
In front of the congressional panel, Sussman said he had already passed on the information to the FBI before he met with the CIA.
“In context, the defendant’s statement that he had provided the FBI with ‘similar, though unrelated’ allegations is false, or at best, misleading,” Durham’s team said in one of the new filings.
Further, the CIA later concluded both the claim about the secret channel and a separate allegation, which was brought to the CIA and not the FBI, concerning Russian-made phones was “technically plausible,” did not “withstand technical scrutiny,” “contained gaps,” and “conflicted with [itself],” according to the special counsel’s office.
Sussman’s lawyers in a separate filing said their client’s statement to the CIA “cannot possibly be part of the charged offense (concerning a single, different statement), and it was not made contemporaneously with the charged crime,” adding, “In fact, it was made five months later, in different circumstances, to a different agency, in a way that conflicts with the Special Counsel’s theory that Mr. Sussmann lied to Mr. Baker to help Hillary Clinton win the election—because the election was long since over.”
The lawyers are not objecting to the admission of one of the statements Sussman made to the House panel concerning the CIA meeting but are objecting to the introduction of any evidence concerning the accuracy of the data he provided to the CIA.
They also reserved the right “to introduce evidence rebutting the Special Counsel’s claims, including evidence that will demonstrate that Mr. Sussmann disclosed to CIA personnel that he had a client and that he had worked with political clients.”
According to the CIA memo, Sussman did mention that his law firm was involved with Democrats, including Clinton, but also said that work was unrelated to his reasons for contacting the CIA.
Sussman’s trial is slated to start on May 16 at federal court in Washington.
Put this fellow’s figurative nuts in a vice until he sings and sends Hillary to Allenwood.
When will Comey be locked up?
I don’t know but one thing is for sure, he’s gone completely dormant on Twitter.
Trees have stopped growing?
The goats playing CYA for the deep state. Betcha, nice Cush Fed prison with daily release to FO with the rest of the deep state scum. The hell with the Russians, we ought to nuke DC.
They’ll have a bar, tennis courts, ping pong, big screen tv’s, hookers paid for by the government, and keep their pay and medical benefits. Outer space and a nuke, it’s the only way to be sure.
Ok the guy lied to two different Federal Agencies, but he was consistent which should count for something...,, 😂
Jon Lovitz as Tommy Flanagan, President and Founder of the Liars Club
At the very least (rock-bottom least), he has to lose his law license for the rest of his life. Reality should be six to twelve months in some fed prison. What gets me....just a whole lot of invented evidence, with no fear of this being figured out later. Begs the question....what else has this guy manufactured over the years?
Meanwhile, to the CIA he was saying that there was a client and it was political but that it did not matter. The problem at the CIA was that the much of the materiel was false with serious credibility factors. Thus he was telling the CIA the truth about having a client and that it was partly political, but the lie to the CIA was that these two did not matter.
But both the CIA and the FBI failed us. Both knew about the client, that it was highly political, and that much of the materiel was demonstrably false yet acted toward the people of the United States in an untrustworthy manner.
The Result of that breach of trust was the Mueller Investigation fiasco and the politicization of both governmental agencies to this day.
Until these agencies confess and come clean, they never should be trusted again. It is well past the time when they should have cleaned house and have not.
How about no jail time and law license suspended for about 15 minutes, like that joker who falsified an email on Carter Paige to try to make him look like a Russian stooge. Sadly that the more likely outcome
Sussman is going to jail!!!
Bull Durham has gored his lying ass!
Luv it!!!
Hmmm. I’m wondering who gave him the information action or who authorized him to tell FBI and CIA this?
You’re lies catch up to you. I hope this scumbag is throw in jail for a long time.
........ who authorized sussman to tell FBI and CIA this?.......
Excellent insight........does this sucker know he got setup by the Clintons?
You, Sir or Madam, have stated the Crux of the matter.
These agencies are a disgrace and display what life is like in places like Cuba, Venezuela, China, etc. and have NO PLACE in a FREE Country.
Hopefully, soon they will pay.
Hannity et al, like to remind us how wonderful FBI agents are despite corrupt leadership. Well here’s one of many opportunities for them to come forward and prove they’re not all scum.
Personally I think they’re all the scum, prove me wrong please.
I think it’s more likely that Obama told Sussman to lie. Obama was pushing the Russian hoax when he knew all along it was a lie. No evidence to date has been provided to back up the Russian collusion hoax. This Sussman evidence just provided Obama cover to keep up with the lie. The press ran with the Russia farce through all 4 years of Trump’s presidency. The CIA and FBI knew what was going on and never once came forward to defend Trump. I think Brennan put all the blame on Sussman when he was interviewed by Durham.
Obama for sure........sussman lied so easily........
like he knew he was being protected by powerful people
Reminds me of how the FIB operates, if you do not have evidence, create it.
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