Jeff Mordock

Frustrated Trump slams Sussmann verdict in scathing statement

Former President Trump railed against the legal system and judges in a bitter statement released Tuesday after Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann was found not guilty of lying to the FBI.

May 31, 2022

Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Sussmann found not guilty of lying to FBI

A jury acquitted former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann on Tuesday of a felony charge of intentionally deceiving the FBI, a major blow to special counsel John Durham's investigation of misconduct by U.S. intelligence agencies probing conspiracy theories about Trump-Russia collusion.

May 31, 2022

Jury begins deliberations in Sussmann trial; Clinton campaign lawyer accused of lying to FBI

The fate of Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is now in the hands of 12 jurors who will decide if he lied when pitching to the FBI in 2016 a false story about Trump-Russia collusion.

May 27, 2022

Defense rests in Sussmann case after defendant decides not to take stand

The defense rested its case Thursday after deciding not to put Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann on the witness stand to counter the charge that he lied to the FBI in 2016 when peddling a false story about Trump-Russia collusion.

May 26, 2022

Hillary Clinton lawyer Sussmann will not take stand in criminal trial

Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, will not testify on his own behalf in his criminal trial on a charge that he lied to the FBI when he pitched false claims of covert communications between Donald Trump and Russia.

May 26, 2022

Prosecution rests in Sussmann trial as defense mulls putting the defendant on witness stand

Prosecutors with special counsel John Durham's team rested their case Wednesday against Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann after presenting the jury with the strongest evidence yet that he lied to the FBI.

May 25, 2022

Joffe business partner says he was tasked with tying Trump associates to Russia

A former business partner of the tech expert at the center of the criminal case against Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann testified Tuesday that he was asked to search internet data to tie associates of candidate Donald Trump to Russia.

May 24, 2022

‘Typo’ concealed Clinton lawyer’s connection to Trump-Russia allegations, FBI agent testifies

An FBI agent testified in court Tuesday that a "typo" in an email led investigators in 2016 to believe that false allegations linking former President Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank originated with the Department of Justice, when in fact they came from Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann.

May 24, 2022

FBI agent testifies he’s under investigation for withholding evidence in Trump-Russia probe

FBI agent Curtis Heide testified in court Tuesday that he is currently the subject of an internal investigation into allegations that he withheld key evidence from an application to surveil a figure in the bureau's probe into former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

May 24, 2022

FBI leadership concealed Sussmann’s identity from field investigators, agent testifies

FBI leaders pulled field agents from other investigations in 2016 to pursue a false tip linking presidential candidate Donald Trump to a Russian bank, but they concealed that the probe was spurred by information provided by rival Hillary Clinton's campaign, an FBI agent testified in court Monday.

May 23, 2022

FBI official struggles to recall key details in Sussmann case, dealing blow to prosecution

Prosecutors in the criminal case against former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann were stonewalled Monday by their own witness, a former top FBI official, who struggled to recall key details about the bureau's 2016 meeting with the defendant.

May 23, 2022

Jurors await key evidence in trial of Clinton campaign lawyer charged in Durham’s probe

Prosecutors in the criminal trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Micheal Sussmann are expected to introduce their most important piece of evidence this week.

May 22, 2022

Clinton campaign lawyer peddled anti-Trump claims to CIA after the election, officials testify

Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Mark Sussmann peddled his false theories about former President Donald Trump to the CIA in the early days of the Trump administration, two former CIA officials testified Friday.

May 20, 2022

Hillary Clinton approved sharing debunked Trump-Russia claims with media, says campaign manager

Hillary Clinton personally approved sharing with the news media a false theory linking Donald Trump to Russia even though campaign officials were not "totally confident" in the accuracy of the information, the manager of her 2016 campaign testified in court.

May 20, 2022

Judge in Clinton lawyer trial denies prosecution request to remove juror over ties to defendant

A federal judge in the criminal trial of Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann denied a prosecution request Thursday to remove a juror whose daughter plays on the same high school sports team as the defendant's daughter.

May 19, 2022

FBI official ‘100% confident’ Clinton lawyer denied repping client to peddle Trump-Russia dirt

A top FBI official told jurors Thursday that a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer repeatedly stressed that he was not representing the campaign while urging the bureau to investigate former President Donald Trump's link to a Russian bank.

May 19, 2022

Evidence in Sussmann trial points to Clinton campaign’s link to a Trump-Russia collusion theory

Billing records introduced Wednesday in the trial of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann underscored the presidential campaign's connections to the promotion of a now-debunked tale linking former President Donald Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank.

May 18, 2022

FBI agent says bureau opened Trump probe even after Russian Bank link debunked

An FBI cyber expert testified Tuesday that the bureau's counterintelligence unit opened an investigation into former President Trump's alleged ties to a Russian bank in September 2016, even though his team had raised questions about the evidence provided by a Clinton campaign attorney.

May 17, 2022

FBI agent says Sussmann claims of Trump ties to Russia bank ‘didn’t make any sense’

An FBI agent told jurors Tuesday that Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann's purported evidence tying former President Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank strained credibility because there was no effort to hide what Mr. Sussmann claimed was secret back-channel communications.

May 17, 2022

Clinton used FBI as ‘tool,’ jurors are told

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.

May 17, 2022