Ex-Clinton Campaign Lawyer Found Not Guilty of Lying to FBI
- Sussmann Provided Trump-Russia Tip Before 2016 Election
- Trial was first from John Durham’s investigation of FBI probe
Michael Sussmann arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, on May 16.
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A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign was found not guilty of lying to the FBI about the identity of his client when he provided a faulty tip on then-candidate Donald Trump two months before the election.
The jury verdict in favor of Michael Sussmann, a prominent cybersecurity lawyer with deep ties to the Democratic party, was handed down Tuesday in Washington. His two-week trial rehashed bitter divisions between the rival presidential campaigns and shined a light on the dark side of opposition research.