The New York Times needed to put four of their top Trump-Russia narrative engineers on a defensive story about John Durham possibly indicting Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann over his involvement in pushing the Trump-Russia fraud to the FBI on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
Michael Sussmann was one of the primary story-tellers used by The New York Times as a source to write articles about the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory. Durham might indict Sussmann for lying to the FBI, because Sussmann said he wasn’t working for Hillary Clinton, yet Sussmann billed Hillary Clinton for the hours he spent pushing the Trump-Russia story.
Yeah, that might be a problem.
The wording of The Times story is rather humorous in their collective effort to retain credibility and yet draw some distance from their ally now under scrutiny. Keep in mind, as you read this paragraph, Sussmann hired Crowdstrike, the cyber security firm who claimed the DNC was hacked by Russians and generated the Alfa bank conspiracy theory:
(NYT) […] Donald J. Trump and his supporters have long accused Democrats and Perkins Coie — whose political law group, a division separate from Mr. Sussmann’s, represented the party and the Hillary Clinton campaign — of seeking to stoke unfair suspicions about Mr. Trump’s purported ties to Russia.
This next paragraph is even more funny:
[…] Some of the questions that Mr. Durham’s team has been asking in recent months — including of witnesses it subpoenaed before a grand jury, according to people familiar with some of the sessions — suggest he has been pursuing a theory that the Clinton campaign used Perkins Coie to submit dubious information to the F.B.I. about Russia and Mr. Trump in an effort to gin up investigative activity to hurt his 2016 campaign. (link)
A “theory”? Too funny. No, there is actual evidence this is exactly what happened. It’s not even debatable at this point. A “theory”? Good grief.
2018 testimony from former FBI legal counsel James Baker revealed that Michael Susmann, representing the Clinton team, was feeding information to the FBI for use against the trump campaign.
In March and April 2016, around the same time when NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers was shutting down “contractor access” to FBI and NSA databases [an effort to stop the frequent FISA-702(16)(17) search abuses that were taking place], Michael Sussmann met with FBI Legal Counsel James Baker – Global Privacy Summit, April 5th, 2016.
With his former DOJ national security credentials, Michael Sussmann integrated himself with the DNC’s cyber security team; and following the DNC intrusion (aka Seth Rich), Sussmann introduced the DNC to CrowdStrike. The DNC goal was to identify the extent of the compromise. Crowdstrike then helped the DNC hide the fact that Seth Rich was the extractor of the information -which Rich then gave to Wikileaks- and Crowdstrike then helped establish the narrative about the DNC being hacked.
Someone, likely from the Clinton camp, then killed Seth Rich.
TechnoFog has a great summary article of how Michael Sussmann is legally exposed. READ IT HERE
The Clinton team hired Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Trump, package it as a dossier, and deliver it to the FBI for exploitation.
Fusion GPS is a political research firm and network of political operatives who sell their mercenary services to anyone willing to pay. Fusion has resources inside and outside government and the capability to exploit FBI and NSA databases containing information about U.S. citizens. Fusion then uses a secondary network of media outlets who they pay to write articles shaped for their purposes. Fusion GPS is operated by Glenn Simpson.
In April 2016, at the same time NSA Director Mike Rogers was shutting down contractor access to the FBI/NSA database; and at the same time FBI legal counsel was meeting with Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann; Hillary Clinton -through Perkins Coie- hired Fusion GPS to target her presidential campaign opponent, Donald Trump.
Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson then assigned Russian expert and CIA research analyst Nellie Ohr to the Trump project. At the time Nellie Ohr’s husband, Bruce Ohr, was the #4 ranking official inside the DOJ National Security Division. Simultaneous to Nellie Ohr’s assignment, Fusion GPS also sub-contracted with Christopher Steele for additional material and internal collaboration with Mrs. Ohr.
Glenn Simpson, Nellie and Bruce Ohr then worked with Christopher Steele on the “Steele Dossier” and the promotion of the content therein to media and FBI allies. We now know that in addition to FusionGPS, Chris Steele, Nellie Ohr (via Bruce Ohr), providing information to the FBI; there was Michael Sussmann representing the DNC also providing information into the FBI for the same purposes.
The FBI, through Peter Strzok and the Crossfire Hurricane team, then closed the loop on the ‘wrap up smear’ by exploiting the information within “the Dossier” to gain a Title-1 FISA surveillance warrant on the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.
Hiding all of that political surveillance and collusion between the Clinton campaign and the FBI was what made the Trump-Russia story so important; and specifically why they needed to put Special Counsel Robert Muller into place to cover all the background activity.
DNC hired Crowdstrike to perform audit in Dec 2015.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/870
”The DNC and the Sanders campaign agreed on the retention of CrowdStrike to conduct the investigation. Over a five-week period and the commitment to the work of 128 hours, CrowdStrike examined user activity within VoteBuilder by three Democratic Presidential campaigns: Hillary for America, Bernie 2016, and O’Malley for President. Additionally, CrowdStrike conducted a forensic examination of two systems belonging to the Bernie 2016 campaign. The investigation sought to first identify whether any campaigns’ users accessed data via the VoteBuilder system in an unauthorized fashion and then determine the nature of any unauthorized access that did occur.”
Has anyone noted the disconnect with the on eve of the five year statue of limitations of, “Mr Durham’s grand jury indictment of Mr. Sussmann…” is actively being counter posed to the actual charges of lying to FBI.
Which actually occurred in Sept of 2019. Clearly, five years have not passed.
I highly suspect a curious cat counter narrative is activity being placed into the public sphere of popular MSM opinion.
With the goal to white wash away, “The many indictments that should be forthcoming from Mr. Durham investigation.”
Meaning, by accepting this statue of limitation base line. A legalese argument is being put in place.
So just sit back and watch as, “The DoJ rationalize away the closing down of further Mr. Durham’s inquiries and abilities to convene grand juries based on this time line disconnect.”
Because, by establishing in the Sussmann indictment, “The statue of limitations is soon to pass.”, or will soon pass.
At least by any measure of this case working their away through the courts.
Is anyone of political note paying attention.
Sundance.
A major heads up.
The deep state is revealing themselves in sublime action once again.
Sundance…
I am so sure of this, “End Game”
I can not emphasize enough, “My observations.”
If your coat tails mean anything, “Politically.”
It is time to call BS…. otherwise…
We are all p*ssing in, “The wind.”
This is the crunch time moment, “To everything you have been, railing against!”
From what, “I understand about CTH blogging.”
The CTH has the innately ability to keep a comment at the top of the heap by selective choice.
Please do so!
The CTH audience has the expectation of this fundemental responsibility to the, “Truth.”
So he got indicted today, which is good in a way, but when I read the report the thing that stood out is that the Government’s position is that Sussman’s lie prevented them from realizing the ENTIRE Russia probe was a political hatchet job.
IOW, the indictment is part of the cover-up.
Exactly. It insulates the FBLie top brass.
How is ol’ Hillary Clinton the Dia de las Muertas corpse bride they were propping up in her failed campaign? How do these old bats stay alive so long? Maybe satan doesn’t want them trying to run the show for him? Heaven won’t have ’em and hell doesn’t want ’em. That’s why the old bags live forever! Disgusting.
I do believe Bill has gotten very vexxed by Hillary hangin onto his coattails all these years. Just name ONE thingy that ole Hill has accomplished besides hidin all her dirty deeds from our country 😛
I am happily proven wrong. Sussman was indicted today in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
May justice [finally] come down like water, and righteousness like an overflowing stream.
Sundance should be providing prosecution the timelines and details he has been in every nook and cranny of this since day one.
https://www.justice.gov/sco/press-release/file/1433511/download?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
According to Breitbart, Durham finally charged Sussmann with ONE COUNT of lying to the FBI in September of 2016, for denying that he was working for any client. when he produced info for the Russia Probe
That’s IT
Durham charged him with a process crime, and NOTHING to do with the underlying FRAUD he was assisting the FBI with.
Durham is just another DC Skunk.
Durhan will announce tomorrow that he has hired former FBI lawyer Clinesmith for his team as he just got his attorney bar privileges reinstated.
Clinesmith probably has a more lucrative opportunity working for Perkins Coie in their “Let’s REALLY Screw the Voters in 2024” division.
Or Lt. Michael Byrd, of the Capitol Police Force….