Former Clinton Lawyer Gambit to Dismiss Case Fails Miserably — Now, Hillary Has to Be Sweating

Looks like the folks in Clinton-land are going to be unhappy with the latest decision in the case against former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann.

As we previously reported, after filings in the case exploded all over the news about surveillance on Donald Trump’s DNS look-ups, someone must not have appreciated the attention that Hillary Clinton was once again getting in the case. Then came a motion to dismiss the case from Sussmann’s attorney. Sussman was charged with making a false statement to the FBI because he told the FBI general counsel James Baker that he wasn’t working for any clients when he fed them information smearing Donald Trump with the Alfa Bank allegations, when in fact Sussmann was working for Tech Executive-1 (Rodney Joffe) and the Clinton campaign.

That deceived the FBI into then investigating the matter, not knowing that it was precipitated by the Clinton campaign. The Alfa Bank allegations — that somehow the Trump Organization was communication with the Kremlin-connected Alfa Bank — were subsequently debunked.

But the decision on that motion came in on Wednesday and it was denied, as I’d predicted was likely to happen.

Sussmann’s attorneys moved to dismiss the case, arguing that the alleged lie for which Sussmann is being prosecuted wasn’t “material” as required by the charge.

The judge found that the question of materiality was up to the jury, so he couldn’t dismiss the matter, and that the government had to be allowed to present its case on the matter. So, the judge ruled against the dismissal.

Of course I was in court when the denial of Sussmann’s Motion to Dismiss dropped. Amazed it took the court so long to write this very perfunctory order, but as I said would happen, it was denied. Key moving forward is this and jury instruction battle: pic.twitter.com/ckMoFHZBcf

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 13, 2022

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