Hillary for America and Fusion GPS Make Desperate Move to Fend off John Durham – Opinion

With the trial of Michael Sussmann, one of the Hillary Clinton operatives indicted in relation to the Trump-Russia hoax, less than a month out, the attempts to derail John Durham’s prosecution have heated up.

Sussmann made a long-shot motion to outright dismiss the case, arguing that even if he lied, it would not have been material to the FBI’s investigation of Trump. Durham was able to discredit it. Another prosecution filing alleged that Sussmann had claimed to have billed Clinton’s campaign in an effort to spread falsehoods about Trump.

Hillary for America has now attempted to assert privilege over the communications Durham seeks to use to support her case. Marc Elias is alleged to have retained Fusion GPS on behalf Clinton’s campaign.

Fusion GPS is already a liar. 🤷‍♂️

Fusion GPS informs Court that Marc Elias retained Fusion GPS to back his “legal advice”.

Compare Fusion GPS book. Elias said to them that he required their political research. pic.twitter.com/xSUoSxTrTF

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) April 19, 2022

Hillary For America is now involved in the Michael Sussmann Case-

Perkins Coie/Fusion GPS communication and work product are “privileged”, according to the Perkins Coie.

Robby Mook, who is under penalty for perjury, swears that Fusion GPS was retained in order to offer “legal services” and legal advice.

👀 pic.twitter.com/R6mOMeSfbM

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) April 19, 2022

The claim that Fusion GPS, which spent years spearheading the research and media handling related to various Trump-Russia conspiracy theories, was actually just providing “legal services” is farcical. Everything we know about the operation says that’s not at all what they were doing. The above extract shows that Elias already acknowledged to Fusion GPS the fact that it was used for political research on Trump. It is an act of brazen for various parties to insist that this was about legal advice.

But it seems as if Hillary for America and Fusion GPS think they’ve found a loophole to keep Durham from entering the information in question as evidence. The question is whether the judge will buy the argument from Hillary’s henchmen. I’m highly skeptical this gambit will fly given how much headway Durham has made to this point, and you can bet he’ll have a well-formed, air-tight response to these filings.

You can believe all you want that the work is legal services, but if it isn’t, it isn’t.

Also, opposition research . . isn’t.

Further, hiring lawyers to manage or even do something doesn’t make it legal services if it isn’t. https://t.co/hk5raEa2dz

— Leslie McAdoo Gordon ⚖️ 👠🇺🇸 (@McAdooGordon) April 19, 2022

Besides, isn’t this an admission that Sussmann This wasbeing paid by Clinton Campaign (via proxy) If the information between Fusion GPS, Hillary for America, and Perkins Coie (Sussmann’s employer) is supposedly covered under attorney-client privilege, that would logically mean Sussmann This was lying when he said he wasn’t working for any client at the time. Obviously, making that case in court is a fair bit more difficult than typing it out here, but still, it’s illuminating.

We’ll have to wait and see what happens next, but I continue to believe that Durham would not have brought this indictment if he hadn’t covered all his bases. As a career prosecutor with a sterling record, he is nothing if he isn’t meticulous, and there’s no way he would blow up his special counsel by chasing a dead end. This is especially true when there’s so much to go. Hillary and her pals will continue to try to outmaneuver Durham, but I believe Durham will be one step ahead.