Michael Sussmann departs a federal courthouse in Washington DC on 17 May. Photograph: Julia Nikhinson/Reuters A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign was acquitted on Tuesday of lying to the FBI when he pushed information meant to cast suspicions on Donald Trump and his alleged links to Russia in the run-up to that year’s race.
Mook and another top Clinton campaign official, general counsel Marc Elias, reinforced that assertion this week on the witness stand. They both testified they didn't authorize or direct Sussmann to go to the FBI with the explosive Trump tip.
(CNN) Hillary Clinton personally approved her campaign's plans in fall 2016 to share information with a reporter about an uncorroborated alleged server backchannel between Donald Trump and a top Russian bank, her former campaign manager testified Friday in federal court.
Again, this is why the prosecution of Mrs. Clinton never had a chance of happening. It also explains why, in his public statements about the matter, Obama insisted that Clinton’s e-mailing of classified information did not harm national security.
The protecol used by the Clinton Lawyers to sort the work from the personal emails was shared with the FBI. Any emails which did not get caught in the protecol search which looked at all like they might have work information were held out and given to the FBI to allow the FBI to decide.
For most of the past three years, the FBI has tried to portray its top leadership as united behind ex-Director James Comey. James Brien Comey Biden sister has book deal, set to publish in April Mystery surrounds Justice's pledge on journalist records NYT publisher: DOJ phone records seizure a 'dangerous incursion' on press freedom MORE.
or. "The FBI found 110 emails in 52 email chains that contained information that was classified at the time the messages were sent, Comey said. Eight of those chains contained "top secret" information, the highest level of government classification for material that could harm national security.
In recent statements, Krongard held that Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server for virtually all of her work and communications in her role as secretary of state was neither an accident nor an oversight. Rather, claimed Krongard, “It’s clear she did not want to be subject to internal investigations.”.
His boss, Comey, announced on July 5, 2016, that he would not recommend criminal charges. He did so without consulting the Department of Justice, a decision the department’s inspector general (IG) later concluded was misguided and likely usurped the power of the attorney general to make prosecutorial decisions.
Republicans have seized on the change as evidence that Comey and the FBI treated Clinton with favoritism. The IG, while criticizing Comey’s actions, concluded, however, there was no political bias involved in the decision.