Her silence will be yet further evidence that the Hillary Clinton campaign financed and seeded the Russia collusion hoax to both the press and U.S. intelligence agencies.
Prosecutors will first seek to establish that the Alfa-Bank hoax-a conspiracy theory that claimed Donald Trump had established a secret communications channel with the Russia-based Alfa Bank-originated with Sussmann's client, Joffe, but was then shared with the Clinton campaign through its Perkins and Coie attorneys.
Another ruling last week by the D.C. federal judge addressed Joffe and the Clinton campaign's claims of attorney-client privilege.
The premise underlying the court's ruling that communications between Seago, Joffe, and Sussmann were protected by attorney-client privilege was that Joffe shared a "Common interest" with the Clinton campaign.
According to court filings the special counsel issued trial subpoenas to both the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee "Requesting the testimony of witnesses regarding the assertion of attorney-client privilege in front of the jury," illustrating that Durham's team sees value in the jury hearing from witnesses that the Clinton campaign sees itself as the client related to communications relevant to the Alfa Bank data.
If Seago refuses to answer questions regarding conversations she had with Joffe and others regarding the Alfa Bank data, prosecutors can still win from that loss, with jurors learning from the assertion of privilege that the Alfa Bank theory arose from communications with Joffe, on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
The real loser will be Hillary Clinton, who risks the spectacle of a court ruling during public proceedings that Seago's communications with Joffe were protected by attorney-client privilege given Fusion GPS's role of assisting the Clinton campaign.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/16/this-weeks-spygate-trial-is-bad-news-for-hillary-clinton/
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