important to point out here this is the first case to go to trial from special counsel john durham s probe into the origins of the trump/russia investigation. justice correspondent pete williams has the latest for us. tell us about this it ruling and is this significant? how significant? it is a defeat for durham. it s his first persecution and it isn t about his homework assignment, it s about something different. his claim in september of 2016 a law officer for had hillary clinton went to the fbi headquarters and made a claim that experts on data analysis found a link, some sort of communication back channel between the trump organization and the bank in russia with close ties to the russian government. according to the prosecution in this case, when he said this, he said he was acting as just an interested citizen. he was not representing any
weekend when michael sussman is back in court. former clinton campaign attorne michael sussman is charged with lying to the fbi, specifically then fbi general counsel james baker when he came to baker in september of 2016 and said he had some information linking th trump organization to a russian bank called alpha bank with kremlin ties via a computer server drawn terms as the light is when he told baker he was delivering information on his own, not on behalf of any clien durham argues that sussman went on behalf of the clinton campaign and peddled the story to the media and closing arguments today, jurors saw billing evidence showing that sussman build the clinton campaign on the same day he met with the fbi. e-mails between sussman and reporters also shown to jurors. sussman s team told jurors via poster board, despite with the government said this was not a giant political conspiracy theory. the defense accused the
arguments kicked off friday morning as michael sussman declined to defend himself on the stand. for the first time in this tria we heard directly from michael sussman when he told the judge he put not testify come away to avoid direct questions from special counsel john durham s team sussman is charged with lying to the fbi specifically that fbi general counsel james baker when he came to baker in september of 2016 and said he had information linking the trunk organization to a russian bank with kremlin ties via a server. was delivering that information on his own, not on behalf of an clients. durham argues that sussman went on behalf of the clinton campaign and showed building evidence that he says proves that. sussman s team said he did nothing wrong and has a long working relationship with the fbi and with never liked the bureau.
impartial but i can see what this is a public issue and that it is an issue for me. the fact john durham chose not to do so tells me he is proceeding methodically on his prosecution. lisa page can be a separate unrelated target. she is not listed as a witness in this case.in neither is peter strzok which is also telling to me. which means they are likely cooperating and there s unlikely to be a conflict the judge cannot set aside. maria: i understand. they may be cooperating. i just want to make sure we are clear it with scott hellman. this is the fbi s cyber analyst and what he said. he said right after reviewing the data that was brought to him from james at baker if there is not an updated there to make the conclusion there s any communication or the secret communication between the trump organization and russia. this is in september of 2016. the fbi knew in september of 2016. yet how many fisa warrants did they get to spy on the trump
i can see why this is a public issue, but the fact that john durham chose not to do so telling me that tells me that he is proceeding methodically, and lisa page can be a separate, unrelated targeted target, and she s not listed as a witness in this case. neither is peter strzok, which means they are likely cooperating and, therefore, there s unlikely to be a conflict that the judge cannot set aside. maria: i understand. so they may be cooperating. i just want to make sure we re clear in terms of scott hellman, this is the fbi cyber analyst and what he said. right after reviewing the data that was brought to him from james baker, he said there was not enough data there to make the conclusion that there was any communication or the secret communication between the trump organization and russia. this was in september of 2016. so the fbi knew in september of 2016, and yet how many fisa warrants did they get to spy on the trump campaign?