Special counsel John Durham issued trial subpoenas for members of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee as he pushed his theory of a "Joint venture" in the case against Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann, who represented the Clinton campaign, and Rodney Joffe.
"The joint venture continued and crystallized early in August 2016," when Sussmann, Joffe, and "Agents of the Clinton Campaign" met, Durham said, pointing to an Aug. 12, 2016, meeting where Sussmann, Joffe, Elias, and the co-founder of Fusion met in Elias's office to discuss "The same Russian Bank-1 allegations that the defendant would later bring to the FBI.".
"The parties agreed to conduct work in the hope that it would benefit the Clinton Campaign, namely, gathering and disseminating purportedly derogatory data regarding Trump and his associates' internet activities," Durham wrote.
Joffe continued the joint venture via an Aug. 17, 2016, call with Sussmann and Elias, an Aug. 19, 2016, meeting with Sussmann and Elias, and a Sept. 8, 2016, call and meeting with Sussmann, "All of which the defendant billed to the Clinton Campaign," according to calendars reviewed by Durham.
SUSSMANN DOESN'T WANT CLINTON TWEET TOUTING COLLUSION CLAIMS TO BE ADMISSIBLE. Sussmann's attorneys said they learned Durham had issued the trial subpoenas Tuesday and that the special counsel is "Requesting the testimony of witnesses regarding the assertion of attorney-client privilege in front of the jury." The Clinton campaign and the DNC advised Sussmann they wanted to fight "This plainly impermissible testimony," Sussmann's lawyers said.
The filing included declarations from Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta, Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook, and Elias.
Durham has declined to promise that Joffe won't be indicted at some point in the future, but if Joffe is not granted immunity to testify at trial on Sussmann's behalf, then the charges should be dismissed, the defense team argued.
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