Durham limited in presenting evidence that collusion claims were untrue, judge says

Special counsel John Durham will not be allowed to present "Extensive evidence" of the inaccuracy of the Trump-Russia collusion claims in his case against Michael Sussmann - unless the Democratic cybersecurity lawyer argues their accuracy first.

Durham says Sussmann similarly concealed his client, Joffe, when he pushed further Trump-Russia collusion claims to the CIA in February 2017.

Judge Christopher Cooper, appointed to the federal bench by President Barack Obama, said he would not allow Durham to present detailed evidence from the CIA demonstrating the falsity of the Alfa-Bank allegations unless Sussmann first tried to argue the collusion claims were true.

The judge said the defense team had promised at last week's hearing that it "Will not seek to affirmatively prove the existence of a link between Alfa Bank and the Trump Campaign," and so "The Court will hold the government to its word, and will not allow it to put on extensive evidence about the accuracy of the data Mr. Sussmann provided to the FBI unless Mr. Sussmann does so first."

DURHAM ISSUES TRIAL SUBPOENAS TO CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND DNC. "The Court will permit the government to put on evidence reflecting the FBI's ultimate conclusions - which the Court understands to be that the Alfa Bank allegations were unsubstantiated - as well as the 'particular investigative and analytical steps' the FBI took to reach them," the judge ruled.

Durham said his prosecutors expect to cite evidence at trial reflecting that "The FBI and Agency-2 concluded that the Russian Bank-1 allegations were untrue and unsupported."

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