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USA v. SUSSMANN
Case Number:
1:21-cr-00582
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Firms
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June 01, 2022
'Predictable': Sussmann Verdict Leaves Durham Probe In Bind
A Trump-era special prosecutor was dealt a resounding setback this week as a jury acquitted ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann on a charge that he lied to the FBI when he came forward with an ultimately unfounded tip alleging ties between the Trump Organization and Russia before the 2016 election.
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May 31, 2022
Jury Clears Ex-Perkins Coie Partner Of Lying To FBI
A federal jury has cleared ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner and Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann of a felony charge of lying to the FBI when he came forward with a tip in the run-up to the 2016 election about potential ties between then-candidate Donald Trump and a Russian bank.
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May 27, 2022
Sussmann Attys Slam Feds' 'Conspiracy Theory' To End Trial
Counsel for Michael Sussmann accused federal prosecutors on Friday of peddling a "giant political conspiracy theory" as they tried to build a criminal case against the ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner and Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer for allegedly lying to the FBI.
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May 26, 2022
Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Opts Not To Testify In Criminal Trial
A former Perkins Coie LLP partner and attorney for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign elected not to testify on Thursday in his criminal trial for allegedly lying to the FBI when he brought forward information about possible ties between then-candidate Donald Trump and a Russian bank in 2016.
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May 25, 2022
Feds, Sussmann's Attys Zero In On 2016 Bills To Clinton Camp
Prosecutors and defense counsel for Michael Sussmann clashed Wednesday over how to interpret the ex-Perkins Coie LLP attorney's billing and expense records around the date in 2016 when he allegedly lied to the FBI about who he was representing when he brought forward claims regarding possible ties between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia.
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May 23, 2022
Sussmann's Clients Not 'Dispositive' For Probe, Official Says
A former FBI counterintelligence chief testified Monday that a tip in 2016 about a supposed connection between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and a Russian bank would represent a potential national security threat and that the tipster's motivation would not be "dispositive" on whether to open an investigation.
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May 20, 2022
Ex-FBI GC Says Atty's Clinton Links Would've Been Concern
While noting that the FBI investigates tips regardless of their origin, the bureau's former top lawyer told jurors on Friday that knowing more about former Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann's alleged work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign would have influenced his handling of information Sussmann offered up about Donald Trump's potential links to Russia prior to the 2016 election.
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May 19, 2022
Ex-FBI Atty Says Sussmann Said He Was Acting On His Own
The FBI's former top lawyer told a D.C. federal jury on Thursday he is "100% confident" that ex-Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann told him he was not representing any clients when he brought suspicions to him ahead of the 2016 election about a possible connection between then-candidate Donald Trump and a Russian bank.
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May 18, 2022
Ex-Clinton GC Says Campaign Didn't Send Sussmann To FBI
A former top lawyer for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign told jurors in the criminal trial of ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann on Wednesday that he didn't recall anyone in the campaign directing Sussmann to go to investigators with allegations about a potential link between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russia.
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May 17, 2022
Gov't Targets 'Privilege' Of Clinton-Linked Atty In Trial Opener
Ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann's criminal trial kicked off Tuesday with federal prosecutors painting the former attorney to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign as a well-heeled Washington, D.C., insider with the "privilege" to try to use the FBI as a political tool during the 2016 campaign.