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USA v. SUSSMANN

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Case Number:

1:21-cr-00582

Court:

District Of Columbia

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  1. May 16, 2022

    Trial Looms For Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Accused Of Lying To FBI

    Veteran cybersecurity attorney and ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann is set to face trial this week for allegedly hiding his affiliation with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign when he approached investigators in the run-up to the 2016 election about potential ties between then-candidate Donald Trump and a Russian bank.

  2. May 09, 2022

    Conspiracy Talk Is Sideshow In Sussmann Trial, Judge Says

    A D.C. federal judge says he will not allow the upcoming criminal trial of former Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann to include a "largely unnecessary mini-trial" to determine the scope of an alleged joint effort between Sussmann and parties including Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign to share damaging info about then-candidate Donald Trump.

  3. May 04, 2022

    Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Must Let Judge Review Fusion Emails

    A D.C. federal judge said Wednesday that he plans to review additional sets of emails at the center of a privilege dispute in the run-up to a former Perkins Coie LLP partner's trial for allegedly hiding his relationship with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in a 2016 meeting with the FBI.

  4. April 25, 2022

    Judge Limits Discussion Of Data Sussmann Shared With FBI

    The D.C. federal judge overseeing a trial against ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann barred prosecutors Monday from taking jurors on a "lengthy exploration" of data Sussmann turned over to investigators in a 2016 meeting when he allegedly hid his affiliation with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

  5. April 19, 2022

    Sussmann Slams 'Last-Minute Assault' On Privilege Claims

    Ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann has accused a government special counsel of launching a "last-minute frontal assault" on privilege assertions in a bid to redraw the contours of his upcoming trial on the charge that he lied to the FBI in the run-up to the 2016 election.

  6. April 13, 2022

    Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Can't Ditch Charge Of Lying To FBI

    Former Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael A. Sussmann will have to face accusations that he lied to the FBI during the 2016 presidential campaign, after a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Wednesday that the dispute over the lie's materiality must be resolved at trial.

  7. April 07, 2022

    US Seeks Clinton Campaign Research In Sussmann Case

    Prosecutors pursuing charges against former Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that attorney-client privilege did not shield political opposition research conducted for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

  8. April 05, 2022

    Sussmann Says Steele Dossier Would Turn Trial Into 'Circus'

    Michael Sussmann, the ex-Perkins Coie partner charged with lying to the FBI in 2016 about his ties to the Clinton campaign, urged a judge Monday to block testimony about the so-called Steele dossier, saying special counsel John Durham wants to turn his trial into a "circus full of sideshows."

  9. March 31, 2022

    Sussmann Attys Say It Is 'Nonsensical' Alleged Lie 'Lulled' FBI

    The ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner charged with lying to the FBI before the 2016 election on Thursday doubled down on a push to dismiss the case, claiming it's "nonsensical" that a lawyer the agency knew worked on behalf of the Democratic National Committee affected its decision-making by allegedly hiding connections to the Clinton campaign.

  10. March 04, 2022

    Feds Slam Ex-Perkins Coie Atty's Bid To Ax FBI Lying Case

    Federal prosecutors urged a judge on Friday to reject arguments from an ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner that his failure to disclose his connection to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign as he shared information about then-candidate Donald Trump's possible Russia ties was too immaterial to support charges for lying to investigators.

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