Quietly, Gregg Jarrett @foxnews.com continues following the case “at the heart of the defense being mounted by Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann. He is being prosecuted by special counsel John Durham for lying to then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in September of 2016.”
“You would think that lying to the FBI is a crime. But it’s not. Only a "material" lie is criminal conduct.
“Sussmann gave Baker phony information about how Donald Trump was colluding with a Russia-based bank through a "covert communications channel," according to the indictment. The intent was to prompt the FBI to investigate the Republican nominee for president, leak the information to the Trump-hating media, and damage his chances of being elected over Hillary Clinton.”
What is now coming to light is Sussmann admitting under oath “contradictions of his actions as told to a congressional committee in December of 2017 that he was not acting on his "own volition," but at the direction of a client." This is the exact opposite of what he previously told the FBI.
Jarrett goes on, “Durham has skillfully pulled the rug out from under Sussmann. This leaves the accused —who has pleaded not guilty— with one viable defense to the charge against him. He can now only argue that his lie was not a "material" lie under the meaning of the false statements statute, 18 U.S.C. 1001. By any measure, that will be a tough sell.
“The government need not show that the defendant’s lie actually influenced the FBI’s decision to launch its investigation, only that it was "capable" of having influence. That fine legal point doesn’t really matter in this case.”
What is most important here is Durham’s laying the framework for his case against Bill Clinton’s wife and her fabrications against Donald Trump and that “it is equally obvious that had the FBI known at the outset that the accusation was the devious handiwork of the Clinton campaign it would have likely dismissed the matter as the political smear that it was.”
“An hour later she followed up with a tweet that referenced Sussmann’s fabricated claim directly, "Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russia-based bank."
“It was classic Clinton. She
invented the lies, financed them, and helped disseminate them.”
Jarrett goes on to explain that, “Sussmann’s alleged deception was not insignificant. The FBI expended enormous personnel and financial resources to investigate the claim.
"Its probe was leaked to the media which then assured the public that this constituted even more proof beyond the fictive "dossier" that Trump was a secret Russian asset. That one was also conjured up by Clinton, and Sussmann served as a witting accomplice, according to Durham.”
Jarrett concludes by stating that “The special counsel has correctly described Hillary’s corrupt machinations as a "joint venture" with others to frame Trump. She conceived the damning narrative to distract from her own email scandal and destroy her opponent with scurrilous falsehoods.
So, as noted at the beginning of this post, special counsel Durham quietly continues building his case in the background. And no matter what efforts are made to suppress the facts, the evidence exists nonetheless. Thus, what remains now is how the case is ultimately structured and whether or not criminal charges can be brought.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
PS: Two nuns, a penguin, a man with a parrot on his shoulder, and a giraffe walk into the Bronx barmaid in Congress’ place. She said, "What is this? Some kind of joke?"
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