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2021-09-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Durham seeks indictment against lawyer at Steele dossier-linked law firm over Alfa Bank matter

[Washington Examiner] Special counsel John Durham reportedly seeks a grand jury indictment against Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer at a Democratic-allied law firm closely linked to British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited dossier.

The charge is said to be related to an alleged false statement to the FBI about a client's identity when Sussmann pushed now-debunked claims about secret communications between Russia’s Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.

Durham "has told the Justice Department that he will ask a grand jury to indict a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on a charge of making a false statement to the FBI," the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing "people familiar with the matter."

The report said Durham’s case against Sussmann, who works at the powerhouse Perkins Coie law firm, "centers on the question of whom his client was when he conveyed certain suspicions" about former President Donald Trump and Russia to then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in September 2016.

Sussmann "relayed data and analysis from cybersecurity researchers who thought that odd internet data might be evidence of a covert communications channel" during the meeting with Baker, the report said.

Durham has until the weekend to charge Sussmann because of a five-year statute of limitations. Neither Durham nor the Justice Department has commented on the report as of press time. Sussmann has denied wrongdoing.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-16 05:12|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Durham has until the weekend to charge Sussmann because of a five-year statute of limitations.

Last minute Kabuki theater or the search for a plea bargaining rat? Forgive me, but I am leaning toward the 'there, see....I did something' theater.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-16 05:20|| 2021-09-16 05:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Lone fall guy identified.

Posted by KBK 2021-09-16 09:00|| 2021-09-16 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 How about charge (or more) of making a false statement by the FBI?

Posted by Raj 2021-09-16 09:50|| 2021-09-16 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 What? You expected him to indict Hillary?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-09-16 11:57|| 2021-09-16 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Amazing the person paying the lawyer is not indicted.

Posted by Airandee 2021-09-16 18:10|| 2021-09-16 18:10|| Front Page Top

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