The article ended at the point where Sussmann was about to meet with James Baker, the general counsel of the FBI. At the meeting, Sussmann allegedly delivered to Baker deceptive "White papers," documents and computer data that were calculated to trigger an FBI investigation of the purported Trump-Alfa Bank connection.
According to the indictment, once the FBI began its investigation, Sussmann, the top echelon of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and others publicized the fact that the FBI was investigating possible ties between Trump and Russia.
Sussmann and Elias each billed the call to the Clinton Campaign with Elias using the billing description "teleconference with M. Sussmann re: " and Sussmann using the description "work regarding confidential project.
On September 15, 2016, Elias "exchanged emails with the Clinton Campaign's campaign manager, communications director, and foreign policy advisor concerning the that Sussmann had recently shared with Reporter-1." Elias "billed his time for this correspondence to the Clinton Campaign with the billing entry, 'email correspondence with , , re: the [Alfa Bank] Article.
The indictment explains that Sussmann's meeting with Baker wasn't his first interaction with the FBI. It states that "[i]n or about April 2016, the Democratic National Committee retained Sussmann to represent it in connection with the hacking of its email servers by the Russian government.
For now, suffice it to say that prior to meeting with Baker, Sussmann had interacted with the FBI. Also, as Baker later told congressional investigators, he and Sussmann had "a pre-existing relationship.
Sussmann stated falsely that he was not acting on behalf of any client, which led Baker to understand that Sussmann was conveying the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations as "a good citizen and not as an advocate for any client.
https://spectator.org/john-durham-dissects-a-smear-campaign/
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