We learned a lot in this trial
When sussman went to the FBI, there was already an investigation ongoing about the matter … it was opened because a confindential source brought data to the FBI a couple of weeks earlier
We learned the source had to be Joffe, and since he was a CHS his name wasn’t mentioned
When sussmann went to baker it was the Joffe data .. and baker also used him as a CHS so his name was also hidden
So the FBI got two separate tips on the alpha bank matter to make it seem more legit
But in reality it was the SAME tip
I think another thing we learned is that when the people running the entire justice system use government resources to create an investigation on an innocent US citizen, they have a great many tools they can use that aren't illegal. These people knew how to work the system against Trump, and there was only a few screw ups, the lie from Sussman being one of them.
My opinion is that Sussman told that lie in order for the FBI to have plausible deniability about why they were investigating the supposed Alfa Bank connection from the beginning. Baker knew it was a lie, Sussman of course knew it was a lie. They just said those things in order for it to look legit in the notes. They never thought Hillary would lose, and this would ever be investigated.