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Clinton used FBI as ‘tool,’ jurors are told

Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Prosecutors argued Tuesday, the opening day of a criminal trial testing special counsel John Durham’s Russia investigation, that a Hillary Clinton campaign attorney “used and manipulated the FBI” with anti-Trump dirt to create an October surprise before the 2016 presidential election.

In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis on Dec. 13, 2016. Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Democrats go all-in on MAGA in bid to make midterm elections all about Trump

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In this 2022 photo combination shown are Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidates, Dave McCormick, left and Mehmet Oz. A super PAC aligned with a McCormick, aired a TV ad suggesting that Oz is not conservative enough and included a clip from a 2010 "Dr. Oz Show" episode during which Oz interviews a transgender child and a transgender teen. (AP Photo)

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Protestors in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday, May 5, 2022 on a challenge to Alabamas plan to outlaw the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth.(Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany on March 22, 2022. Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t ‘move forward’ unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake or spam. Musk made the comment in a reply to another user on Twitter early Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. The Biden administration on Tuesday sued hotelier Stephen Wynn to force him to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks before boarding Air Force One at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022, after paying their respects and speak to families of the victims of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tech moguls pile on the ridicule of Biden’s handling of inflation, economy

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President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, during a reception to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden makes small mention of deadly California church shooting in remarks celebrating Asian Heritage

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President Joe Biden speaks at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022, following Saturday's shooting at a supermarket. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this 2022 photo combination shown are Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidates, Dave McCormick, left and Mehmet Oz. A super PAC aligned with a McCormick, aired a TV ad suggesting that Oz is not conservative enough and included a clip from a 2010 "Dr. Oz Show" episode during which Oz interviews a transgender child and a transgender teen. (AP Photo)

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In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis on Dec. 13, 2016. Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

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U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks to the crowd before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

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Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Prosecutors say Sussmann ‘manipulated and used’ FBI to smear Trump, gin up October surprise in 2016

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Ukrainian sappers carry a Russian military drone backdropped by the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft destroyed by the Russian troops during recent fighting, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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An investigator works at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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An Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant is shown in Sturgis, Mich., on Sept. 23, 2010. In mid-February 2022, Abbott announced it was recalling various lots of three powdered infant formulas from the plant, after federal officials began investigating rare bacterial infections in four babies who got the product. (Brandon Watson/Sturgis Journal via AP, File)

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Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clinton used FBI as ‘tool,’ jurors are told

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, listens to Deputy patrol agent in charge of the US Border Patrol Anthony Crane as he tours the section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool)

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a wreath-laying ceremony, to remember Soviet diplomats killed during the World War II, on Friday, May 6, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) ** FILE **

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United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers the Tommaso Padoa Schioppa Lecture at the Brussels Economic Forum 2022 in Brussels, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Secretary Yellen focussed on the way forward for the global economy in the wake of Russia's brutal war against Ukraine, and discussed the unmet challenges that would benefit from multilateral cooperation in the years ahead. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

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Russian army Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind a glass during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian. The case that opened in Kyiv marked the first time a member of the Russian military has been prosecuted for a war crime since Russia invaded Ukraine 11 weeks ago. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Miami Marlins' Erik Gonzalez, right, and Miguel Rojas (11) celebrate scoring runs during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals as teammate Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2) looks on, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)

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Washington Nationals shortstop Alcides Escobar throws to first to put out Houston Astros' Chas McCormick during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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