SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 | JUDICIAL WATCH
“President Trump is a crime victim and this indictment proves it.”
As FBI Special Counsel John Durham’s recent indictment of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann shows, the investigation into Crossfire Hurricane is far from over.
“Michael Sussmann, who had been a lawyer for the firm behind the Steele dossier … had a special meeting shortly before the election in 2016 with the General Counsel of the FBI, General Counsel Baker, in which they discussed targeting Trump,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton states in the Weekly Update.
Sussmann, Fitton notes, “was behind the idea that a Russian bank had improper communications … with the Trump organization.” However, “he was not indicted for lying about that specifically,” Fitton explains, “he lied about the purpose of the meeting.” According to the indictment, “he withheld from [General Counsel] Baker … that he was there on behalf of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee, etc..”