On the opening day of a criminal trial testing special counsel John Durham's Russia investigation, prosecutors argued that a Clinton campaign lawyer duped the FBI with anti-Trump dirt to create an October surprise in the 2016 election.
Prosecutors argued Tuesday, the opening day of a criminal trial testing special counsel John Durham's Russia investigation, that a Hillary Clinton campaign attorney "used and manipulated the FBI" with anti-Trump dirt to create an October surprise before the 2016 presidential election.
A slew of current and former FBI officials are slated to take the stand in a trial set to begin Monday of former Clinton campaign lawyer Micheal Sussmann, offering testimony that could lay bare the FBI's eagerness to seize on unverified anti-Trump political dirt.
A lawyer for the Hillary Clinton campaign is seeking to block expert witness testimony from an FBI agent who would debunk research that allegedly showed secret covert communication between former President Trump and Russia's Alfa Bank in a case brought by special counsel John Durham.
A federal judge has blocked special counsel John Durham from introducing evidence he contends will show former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann acted as part of a "joint venture" to taint former President Trump by linking him to Russia.