Update (1600ET): Following the Sussman acquittal, Former President Donald Trump was quick to respond, raging that the legal system isn’t working properly…
“Our Legal System is CORRUPT,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that “our Judges (and Justices!) are highly partisan, compromised, or just plain scared” before lamenting that Michael Sussmann, the lawyer, was found not guilty.
Jason Miller, a former Trump campaign aide, also reacted to the verdict, writing on Gettr that Sussmann admitted to giving opposition research to the FBI and not telling the bureau that the research was conducted for Clinton.
“How did Sussmann get off??? RIGGED SYSTEM!!!” Miller wrote.
The jury unanimously found Sussmann not guilty.
“I don’t think it should have been prosecuted,” one juror told reporters.
“There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.”
We are unsure what that has to do with the legal principles involved in judging Sussman’s guilt?
As Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley responded to this juror’s comments:
“Telling a lie to the FBI was the entire basis for the prosecution. It was the jury’s job to determine the fact of such a lie and its materiality.
…Of course, this statement can be a simple criticism of the underlying charge without admitting to bias in weighing the elements. Yet, it would have prompted a challenge in the courtroom if expressed during jury selection.”
But then again…
This was a simple case of Jury-Nullification!
There were enough Hilliary Cunton supporters and Trump-haters to render the crime as gotten away with!
Democrats can take their chances on prosecution versus conviction in today’s criminal justice system – Republicans cannot!
We have to take our country back from these lawbreaking criminals!
The jury was full of Clinton supporters! Why was this allowed???