Tag: Michael Sussmann

[PREMIERING 8 PM ET] Inside the Michael Sussmann Trial—Kash Patel Talks ‘October Surprise’; Fusion GPS Employee Testimony; Rodney Joffe

This episode will premiere on Friday, May 20, at 8 p.m. ET.    Was the Russia collusion narrative an “October surprise” to damage the Trump 2016 campaign? Why was tech executive Rodney Joffe terminated as an FBI confidential informant? Will he be charged next by special counsel John Durham? We discuss all this and more…


[PREMIERING NOW] Inside the Michael Sussmann Trial—Kash Patel Talks ‘October Surprise’; Fusion GPS Employee Testimony; Rodney Joffe

This episode will premiere on Friday, May 20, at 8 p.m. ET.     Was the Russia collusion narrative an “October surprise” to damage the Trump 2016 campaign? Why was tech executive Rodney Joffe terminated as an FBI confidential informant? Will he be charged next by special counsel John Durham? We discuss all this and more…


Inside the Michael Sussmann Trial—Kash Patel Talks ‘October Surprise’; Fusion GPS Employee Testimony; Rodney Joffe

  Was the Russia collusion narrative an “October surprise” to damage the Trump 2016 campaign? Why was tech executive Rodney Joffe terminated as an FBI confidential informant? Will he be charged next by special counsel John Durham? We discuss all this and more in this episode on the trial of ex-Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann. * Click…


FBI Lawyer: Knowing Clinton Was Behind Trump Allegations Would Have Changed Things

WASHINGTON—The FBI lawyer who served as a conduit for flimsy allegations against Donald Trump said May 19 he would have acted differently if he knew Trump’s rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton, was behind the claims. James Baker, who now works for Twitter, said that he likely would not have have met with Michael Sussmann,…


Former Clinton Lawyer Moves for Mistrial

WASHINGTON—The former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer who is on trial for allegedly lying to the FBI is moving for a mistrial. Attorneys for Michael Sussmann, the lawyer, say testimony delivered on May 18 by Marc Elias—another former Clinton campaign lawyer—strayed into improper areas, prejudicing the defendant. When Elias was asked by the defense whether Sussmann took…


Judge Denies Former Clinton Lawyer’s Request for Mistrial

WASHINGTON—A federal judge on May 19 denied a request for a mistrial from the former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer who is on trial for allegedly lying to the FBI. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, the Obama appointee overseeing the case, agreed to strike certain portions of testimony delivered Wednesday by Marc Elias but rejected the request for…


Durham Alerts Judge to Federal Ruling Against Hillary Clinton, DNC; First Day of Sussmann Trial

John Durham is the special counsel who was assigned to investigate the alleged spying that was done against Donald Trump’s campaign back in 2016. And after remaining relatively quiet for the better part of the last two and a half years, Durham’s investigation appears to be ramping up big time. In fact, the first day…


Key Witness Testifies in Trial of Ex-Clinton Campaign Lawyer

WASHINGTON—An analyst with the operative firm tapped by Hillary Clinton’s campaign ahead of the 2016 presidential election detailed on May 18 the effort to get media outlets to publish stories on sketchy claims about Donald Trump, Clinton’s rival for the presidency. Laura Seago, an analyst with Fusion GPS, recounted meeting with Franklin Foer, then with…


Technology Executive Who Pushed Clinton Lawyer to Go to FBI Terminated by Bureau: Prosecutors

WASHINGTON—The technology executive who was one of Michael Sussmann’s clients when Sussmann took sketchy claims to the U.S. government was terminated as a confidential informant by the FBI in 2021, prosecutors revealed during Sussmann’s trial on May 17. Rodney Joffe, the executive, exploited his access to non-public data at multiple technology companies to conduct opposition…


Live Q&A 5/18 10:30AM ET: Clinton Campaign Lawyer ‘Manipulating the FBI’ to Create ‘October Surprise’; Musk Exposes Twitter’s Fake User Lie

The first trial from the investigations of special counsel John Durham has now begun, and the jury selection by an Obama-appointed judge allowed jurors who previously donated to the campaigns of Barack Obama and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The case will be looking into how Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann and others were allegedly looking to create…