The Patriot Post® · Durham Offers More Evidence in Spygate
Special Counsel John Durham filed more evidence in his case against Hillary Clinton’s former lawyer Michael Sussmann this week. Last fall, Durham filed charges against Sussmann for lying to the FBI. In that charge, Durham effectively laid out the plot hatched and implemented by the Clinton campaign against Donald Trump as they seeded the false Russia collusion narrative. Sussmann has denied the charge, but it appears that Durham has more than merely a “he said, he said” claim. His latest filing stated that he has Sussmann’s “lie in writing.”
Back in September 2016, Sussmann contacted then-FBI General Counsel Jim Baker requesting a meeting to share some “sensitive” information. Sussmann reached out via text message to set up the meeting with Baker, and that text message is the new evidence Durham has included in his latest filing.
In the text exchange in question, Sussmann wrote: “Jim — it’s Michael Sussmann. I have something time-sensitive (and sensitive) I need to discuss. Do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? I’m coming on my own — not on behalf of a client or company — want to help the Bureau. Thanks.”
That sensitive information turned out to be the bogus allegation that Trump was using a server located at Trump Tower in New York to secretly communicate with Russia via the Kremlin-tied Alfa-Bank. Durham alleges that Sussmann lied about simply acting as a good citizen in sharing the information when in fact he was acting on behalf of his client, the Clinton campaign.
It’s not only the text message that backs up Durham’s charge but also Sussmann himself during testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in 2017. Under oath, Sussmann was asked if he was acting under his “own volition” when he contacted Baker. Sussmann answered, “No.” The follow-up question was asked, “So did your client direct you to have those conservations?” And Sussmann responded, “Yes.” Durham is seeking to get Sussmann’s congressional testimony entered into evidence as well.
There’s also further evidence that Hillary Clinton was fully tied into the nefarious Trump/Russia collusion plot — evidence Durham aims to bring into the trial. On October 31, 2016, mere days before the election, Hillary tweeted, “Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.”
Clinton included with her post a link to a message from Jake Sullivan, her campaign senior policy advisor who is currently Joe Biden’s national security advisor, wherein he states: “This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow. Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.” Sullivan further asserts that this “secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump’s ties to Russia” and it “may help explain Trump’s bizarre adoration of Vladimir Putin and endorsement of so many pro-Kremlin positions throughout this campaign.” He also suggested, “It raises even more troubling questions in light of Russia’s masterminding of hacking efforts that are clearly intended to hurt Hillary Clinton’s campaign.”
The irony is that Clinton and her campaign team were working with foreign agents in an effort to smear and falsely accuse the Trump campaign of nefarious foreign connections. This reality was brought home with the Federal Election Commission’s recent fining of the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee for campaign violations, wherein they failed to disclose payments made to the opposition research firm Fusion GPS. This, of course, was to keep the conspiracy quiet, an attempt to keep the bogus claim of Trump colluding with Russia from being exposed as fake news.
With Durham seeking to include Clinton’s tweet as evidence in his case against her former lawyer, Sussmann, it may also mean that he’s got his eyes on her. Clinton may currently be standing on some pretty thin ice, particularly if things don’t go Sussmann’s way in his upcoming trial scheduled to begin May 16.