Special Counsel John Durham was tasked with investigating the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation. He now appears to have ended his work not with a bang, but with a whimper.
It is hard to see how the case Durham filed on Thursday against Washington lawyer Michael Sussmann meets Justice Department standards. The indictment alleges that Sussmann met with FBI General Counsel Jim Baker in September 2016 to provide information about connections between a Russian bank and the Trump Organization.
The FBI was unable to substantiate any links between Alfa Bank and
former President Donald Trump’s businesses, but the charge against
Sussman — making false statements to the FBI — doesn’t allege that the
substance of the information was false. Instead, Sussman is accused of
having misrepresented on whose behalf he was providing it.
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