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HHusky
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/webcontent/the-humiliation-of-trump-backed-prosecutor-john-durham/wc-39FC76B9C27F7D63209D12671AFEA8CA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=98f6172ac9c6471683f8addf7cfabbcd
What’s more, the prosecution had Sussmann’s client-billing sheets. While he charged the Clinton campaign for “work on confidential project” the day he spoke to Baker, the billing entry did not mention the FBI. Previously, Sussmann had specifically billed other clients in other matters for “meeting with FBI” when he did so on their behalf.
Reasonable doubt screamed out.
From the start, Durham should have seen that such gaps in his own evidence made declination the better part of valor. As Sussmann’s lawyers said after his acquittal yesterday, Sussmann “should never have been charged in the first place. This is a case of extraordinary prosecutorial overreach.” Prosecutors know the danger of bringing weak §1001 indictments—deterring individuals from offering tips for fear of being prosecuted for lying if something turns out to be mistaken.
Prosecutors, that is, with no political ax to grind.
Shoddy decisions and the paucity of results characterize Durham’s whole tenure. Yet there are no signs that he intends to close up shop anytime soon. In fact, he has yet another case pending. Last November, Durham’s office indicted Igor Danchenko, an individual who contributed to the Steele Dossier, and particularly the infamous rumor of a Trump “pee tape.” Danchenko’s trial is scheduled to get underway this fall.
In Danchenko’s case, as in Sussmann’s, the indictment is not for any wrongdoing related to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. Rather, it’s another case of a prosecution on §1001 charges of subsequently lying to investigators.
Maybe Durham will obtain a conviction in Danchenko’s case, and maybe that will give him a face-saving opportunity to pack up and skip town. But everything Durham has done to date has proved not the bang he was brought in to sound but rather a sad, inglorious whimper.
What’s more, the prosecution had Sussmann’s client-billing sheets. While he charged the Clinton campaign for “work on confidential project” the day he spoke to Baker, the billing entry did not mention the FBI. Previously, Sussmann had specifically billed other clients in other matters for “meeting with FBI” when he did so on their behalf.
Reasonable doubt screamed out.
From the start, Durham should have seen that such gaps in his own evidence made declination the better part of valor. As Sussmann’s lawyers said after his acquittal yesterday, Sussmann “should never have been charged in the first place. This is a case of extraordinary prosecutorial overreach.” Prosecutors know the danger of bringing weak §1001 indictments—deterring individuals from offering tips for fear of being prosecuted for lying if something turns out to be mistaken.
Prosecutors, that is, with no political ax to grind.
Shoddy decisions and the paucity of results characterize Durham’s whole tenure. Yet there are no signs that he intends to close up shop anytime soon. In fact, he has yet another case pending. Last November, Durham’s office indicted Igor Danchenko, an individual who contributed to the Steele Dossier, and particularly the infamous rumor of a Trump “pee tape.” Danchenko’s trial is scheduled to get underway this fall.
In Danchenko’s case, as in Sussmann’s, the indictment is not for any wrongdoing related to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. Rather, it’s another case of a prosecution on §1001 charges of subsequently lying to investigators.
Maybe Durham will obtain a conviction in Danchenko’s case, and maybe that will give him a face-saving opportunity to pack up and skip town. But everything Durham has done to date has proved not the bang he was brought in to sound but rather a sad, inglorious whimper.
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What you miss is all the important sworn testimony about the creation of and dissemination of the all the dirt on Trump. But like I said you are dumb as a rock.
Everyone now knows without a doubt Hillary ordered it, funded it and pushed it. That's gonna play well in Trumps lawsuit don't ya think? Also will play well in trials coming up that won't be held in DC. Next one is in Virginia.
Not in dispute
If you hadn't spent years going but OJ you wouldn't be a complete piece of shit.
But alas.....
Just like you! You really are a registered democrat! Nice work comrade!
Fucking Austrians!
Two of the jurors who acquitted a former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer dismissed the case brought by special counsel John Durham as no big deal after delivering Tuesday’s not-guilty verdict in the nation’s Democrat-heavy capital.
“There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI,” the jury forewoman said, according to The Washington Times.
“Personally, I don’t think it should have been prosecuted,” she added.
Another member of the seven-woman, five-man panel also told The Washington Post that “everyone pretty much saw it the same way” in the jury room.
The forewoman said that “politics were not a factor” in the verdict, which followed about 5-1/2 hours of deliberations over two days. lol
So we know Sussman lied to the FBI and the jury didn't care
We don't know the vote. "Almost everyone" is weasel H Husky talk
Fuck off
That's an acquittal under our system, Nancy.