In explosive testimony Tuesday in the Michael Sussmann trial, an FBI agent said "Fired up" senior FBI leadership insisted on continuing the investigation into now-debunked allegations of a secret Trump back channel to Moscow via a Russian bank despite learning the story was unsubstantiated.
FBI agent Curtis Heide was the co-case agent on the investigation into the allegation that there was a secret communications channel between the Trump Organization and Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank.
Heide was told in an instant message from FBI Agent Joe Pientka, who was the supervisor leading the Crossfire Hurricane investigation regarding Trump-Russia collusion allegations, that senior leadership was "Fired up" about the Alfa Bank and Trump Organization email servers and not opening an investigation was not an option.
Sussmann, a 2016 Clinton campaign lawyer, is on trial for allegedly lying to the FBI in his September 2016 meeting with Baker by saying he was not representing any clients in sharing information purportedly substantiating a Trump Organization back channel to the Kremlin through Alfa Bank.
Despite Heide's supervisor agreeing with him, FBI agent Ryan Gaynor replied in an email chain that interviewing the author of the white paper regarding the internet data was being discussed at headquarters and to keep working on the data logs.
Gaynor testified on Monday that the FBI's senior leadership had placed a close-hold on Sussmann's identity as the source, meaning that his name couldn't be revealed.
Within two weeks of opening the investigation, Heide believed the allegation was unsubstantiated, but FBI headquarters continued to have them investigate.
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