Every one of those basic tenets was violated in Michael Sussmann's trial for lying to the FBI. We know now that a Washington, DC jury has found him not guilty, though it is still unclear whether they believed he didn't lie, or the government didn't prove it, or it didn't matter to a politically biased FBI, which was determined to investigate anything connected to Donald Trump.
Second, there is very powerful evidence that Sussmann deliberately lied to the FBI's top lawyer.
The text message to Baker, asking for the meeting, explicitly said Sussmann was coming as a good citizen and was not representing a client.
Baker, in turn, communicated that assurance to several FBI officials he met immediately after the Sussmann meeting.
We know Sussmann had a client because he billed the Clinton campaign for the two thumb drives he turned over to the FBI at that meeting.
The sliver of doubt is that Sussmann did not specifically list the FBI meeting in billing the campaign for his work that day.
Sussmann's defense tried to persuade the jury that, even if Sussmann lied, it didn't influence the FBI investigation.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The stench from the Sussmann verdict
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