Durham Files Response to Sussmann’s Motion to Strike Paragraphs From Case

Source: Epoch Times Date: 2/17/2022 Special counsel John Durham, who is probing the origins of the counterintelligence investigation against Donald Trump’s campaign, filed late Thursday a response to former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann’s motion to strike six paragraphs from Durham’s case against him. Sussmann filed a motion (pdf) on Feb. 14 to strike six paragraphs that comprise the “Factual Background” section in Durham’s filing on Feb. 11. Durham’s filing alleged that Trump’s residences and the White House were spied on by a tech executive aligned with the Democratic...

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Trump Really Was Spied On

Source: WSJ Date: 2/14/2022 Special Counsel John Durham continues to unravel the Trump-Russia “collusion” story, and his latest court disclosure contains startling information. According to a Friday court filing, the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign effort to compile dirt on Donald Trump reached into protected White House communications. The filing relates to Mr. Durham’s September indictment of Michael Sussmann, a lawyer who represented the Clinton campaign while he worked for the Perkins Coie law firm. Mr. Sussmann is accused of lying to the FBI at a September 2016 meeting when he...

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Hillary Clinton Responds to John Durham Court Filing

Source: Epoch Times Date: 2/16/2022 Former presidential candidate Hilary Clinton on Wednesday denied claims that her 2016 campaign spied on former President Donald Trump following a court filing submitted last week by special prosecutor John Durham. In a Twitter post, the longtime Democrat wrote that “Trump & Fox are desperately spinning up a fake scandal to distract from his real ones. So it’s a day that ends in Y.” She added, “The more his misdeeds are exposed, the more they lie.” On Feb. 12, Durham wrote that a technology executive who was allegedly aligned with the Democrat...

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Clinton campaign paid to 'infiltrate' Trump Tower, White House servers to link Trump to Russia: Durham

Source: Fox News Date: 2/12/2022 First on Fox: Lawyers for the Clinton campaign paid a technology company to "infiltrate" servers belonging to Trump Tower, and later the White House, in order to establish an "inference" and "narrative" to bring to government agencies linking Donald Trump to Russia, a filing from Special Counsel John Durham says. Durham filed a motion on Feb. 11 focused on potential conflicts of interest related to the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who has been charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Sussmann has pleaded...

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Durham Report: Clinton Campaign Paid to 'Infiltrate' Trump Tower, White House Servers

Source: Newsmax Date: 2/13/2022 A filing from Justice Department special counsel John Durham says Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign paid a technology company to "infiltrate" Trump Tower servers, and later the White House, Fox News reports. Durham in a motion filed Feb. 11 said the purpose of the infiltration was to establish a "narrative" of collusion between then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia. Durham, appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr to lead a review into the Russia investigation, made the claim in his investigation that brought charges against...

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Ratcliffe says 1,000 intel documents given to Durham support more charges

Source: Washington Examiner Date: 10/11/2021 Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said a raft of documents he provided to special counsel John Durham supports additional charges in his criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation. A recent grand jury indictment against Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer accused of lying to the FBI, is just the tip of the iceberg, Ratcliffe teased during a Fox News interview on Sunday. "Michael Sussmann's is the first of what I would hope would be a number, based on the fact — I provided not just those declassified documents, but...

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John Durham going deep into Russiagate

Source: Washington Times Date: 2/1/2022 “Russiagate” special counsel John H. Durham is signaling he’s not at the end of investigating the Democratic Party scandal of promoting fake allegations to ruin candidate and former President Donald Trump. Mr. Durham’s court update on Jan. 25 says he has gained access to voluminous FBI internal affairs case files. The Inspection Division is investigating agents for misconduct in Crossfire Hurricane, as the Trump probe was dubbed. Crossfire relied on the Democratic Party’s Christopher Steele dossier, which proved to be a bundle of falsehoods. The U.S....

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6 New Revelations From The John Durham Spygate Probe

Source: The Federalist Date: 1/26/2022 On Jan. 25, Special Counsel John Durham filed a “discovery update” and a request for an extension of time to provide Michael Sussmann documents related to the government’s pending criminal case against the former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer. The 19-page court filing reveals some fascinating details about the Sussmann case, the broader special counsel investigation, and most intriguingly an apparent rift between Durham’s team and the Office of Inspector General. Here’s a quick refresher of the case, followed by five takeaways. What’s Happened...

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Durham: DNC lawyer Marc Elias has given grand jury testimony

Source: The Reactionary Date: 1/25/2022 Today, Special Counsel John Durham provided a “discovery Update” to the court in the Michael Sussmann case. In this filing, available here, he disclosed that his team has obtained a tremendous amount of information ranging from a variety of sources – including Perkins Coie, the Hillary Clinton Campaign, and former DNC/Clinton lawyer Mark Elias. While Sussmann has been charged with giving false statements to then-FBI General Counsel James Baker regarding the Alfa Bank/Trump Organization hoax (background here), Durham notes that the “Government also maintains...

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It's official: Durham is investigating the Clinton Campaign.

Source: Reactionary Date: 12/20/2021 The latest filings by Special Counsel John Durham reveal that lawyers for the Hillary Clinton Campaign now represent Christopher Steele primary subsource Igor Danchenko. In doing so, Durham tips us off to something else: that the Hillary Clinton Campaign and multiple former employees of the Hillary Clinton Campaign are under investigation. Let’s walk through the latest developments. Background Igor Danchenko, the primary subsource of Christopher Steele, was arrested on November 3, 2021 for giving multiple false statements to federal...

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John Durham says evidence shows Michael Sussmann lied when pushing Trump-Russia claims

Source: Washington Examiner Date: 12/8/2021 John Durham pushed back on Michael Sussmann’s claims that former FBI General Counsel James Baker undermined the special counsel’s false statements indictment against the Democratic lawyer, contending evidence from five government employees, including Baker, supports the charge. The indictment against Sussmann centers on a Sept. 19, 2016, meeting between him and Baker in which Sussmann pushed debunked allegations of a secret back channel between Russia’s Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization. Durham contends that while Sussmann told Baker...

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Nearly 100% decline in Clinton Foundation donations after they’re no longer in power raises ethics concerns

Source: Law Enforcement Today Date: 12/5/2021 Pretty much everyone knows the Clintons are dirty and now others are beginning to take notice, given the Clinton Foundation’s precipitous decline in receipt of donations since neither of them any longer carry political sway. Some of those who have started to take notice are ethics watchdogs, alarmed by the decline and believing it shows signs of political corruption. As John McClane said in “Die Hard,” “Welcome to the party, pal!” The Daily Caller reports that financial disclosures indicate there has been a significant decline in donations...

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Special Counsel Durham found the e-mails Fusion GPS tried to hide

Source: Reactionary Date: 12/3/2021 Back in May, we reported on the fight brewing in a DC federal court, where Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson were trying to keep secret their internal correspondence and records relating to their role in pushing the Alfa Bank/Trump hoax. New court filings indicate Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson improperly failed to disclose some of their most damning e-mails. Overview For background, the fight arises out of a lawsuit – Fridman, et al. (Alfa Bank) v. Bean LLC a/k/a Fusion GPS, and Glenn Simpson, where the owners of Alfa Bank have sued Fusion GPS and Simpson for...

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Durham Unravels the Russia Case

Source: WSJ Date: 11/5/2021 Special counsel John Durham’s latest indictment is an important step in unraveling what really happened in the long tale of false Russia-collusion allegations against the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. The facts in the indictment add to the evidence that this was from first to last a dirty trick by Hillary Clinton's campaign—and that the media were its gullible promoters. Mr. Durham this week indicted Igor Danchenko, a Russian national who worked at the Brookings Institution in Washington and who was the main source for Christopher Steele’s dossier claiming...

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Washington Post has corrected over a dozen articles related to Steele dossier coverage

Source: Fox News Date: 11/18/2021 The Washington Post made headlines last week when it corrected and altered two stories that inaccurately identified a key source of the discredited anti-Trump Steele dossier – but the paper also added editor’s notes to at least 14 other reports.  The two stories, published in March 2017 and February 2019, were changed when the newspaper’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, said she could no longer stand by their accuracy. The post added editor’s notes, amended headlines, removed sections identifying Sergei Millian as the source and deleted an accompanying...

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Why Special Counsel John Durham Subpoenaed The Brookings Institution

Source: Federalist Date: 11/12/2021 In April 2021, the Brookings Institution publicly confirmed that Special Counsel John Durham had subpoenaed records from the D.C.-based left-wing think tank in December 2020. The friendly reporters at Time magazine framed the subpoena as limited to the decades-old employment record of former Brookings staffer Igor Danchenko. Last week’s indictment of Danchenko, however, provides a perfect reminder that Brookings was ground zero for the Russia collusion hoax, with many key staff embroiled in the damaging lie that Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir...

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Is It Possible For Durham To Indict HILLARY CLINTON?

Source: True Defender Date: 11/21/2021 Could Durham indict Hillary Clinton? Two of her co-conspirators have already been indicted, so is she the third domino to fall? How many people more have to fall before her to get the knock at the door she has been dreading for five years? Jim Jordan recently commented on this issue, and he has some views in the broader investigation, and also he promoted his new book. Join The True Defender Telegram Chanel Here: https://t.me/TheTrueDefender FNC: “Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, had a message for those who...

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Report: National-Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Is ‘Foreign Policy Advisor’ Mentioned in Durham Indictment

Source: National Review Date: 11/9/2021 White House national-security adviser Jake Sullivan is the “foreign policy advisor” referred to in Special Counsel John Durham’s indictment of lawyer Michael Sussmann, Fox News reported on Wednesday, citing “two well-placed sources.” “On or about September 15, 2016, Campaign Lawyer-1 exchanged emails with the Clinton Campaign’s campaign manager, communications director, and foreign policy advisor concerning the Russian Bank-1 allegations that SUSSMANN had recently shared with Reporter 1,” the indictment states. That foreign-policy adviser was Sullivan,...

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Steele Dossier Key Player Gave Thousands to Hillary Clinton, Democrats: Report

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 11/11/2021 A key player in the debunked Steele dossier gave thousands of dollars to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, according to Federal Elections Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News. FEC filings reveal that Democrat spin doctor Charles Dolan has given over $60,000 to Democrats, including Clinton – whom Dolan volunteered for on her failed 2016 campaign. Dolan, who has boasted on his now-deleted Twitter profile to have worked on “every Democrat Presidential Campaign since 1980,” gave Clinton $5,000 for her 2008...

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‘Many’ More Durham Indictments Likely in Connection to Steele Dossier: Former Director of National Intelligence

Source: Epoch Times Date: 11/7/2021 Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said he expects special counsel John Durham’s team to indict more suspects in connection to the origins of the Trump-Russia probe and the discredited Steele dossier. Last week, a grand jury empaneled by Durham indicted Russia analyst Igor Danchenko, who previously worked for the left-leaning Brookings Institution, for allegedly lying to the FBI. Danchenko had been the main source for the dossier created by former UK spy Christopher Steele that was, in turn, used by the FBI during its inquiry...

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Blue State Blues: John Durham Found the First Evidence of ‘Russia Collusion’ — and Hillary’s Team Did It

Source: Breitbart Date: 11/5/2021 Special Counsel John Durham’s indictment Thursday of “dossier” source Igor Danchenko revealed the first real evidence of “Russia collusion” — and it was linked to Hillary Clinton’s associates, not to Donald Trump or his presidential campaign. Danchenko, a Russian-born, U.S.-based researcher, had worked from 2005-2010 at the Brookings Institution with Strobe Talbott, a former official from Bill Clinton’s State Department. He later became the main “Russian” source for former British spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the fraudulent “Russia...

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The biggest loser of the Durham indictments: James Comey's FBI

Source: Just the News Date: 11/6/2021 Special Counsel John Durham's latest criminal case is as much an indictment of James Comey's FBI as it is of the primary source of the Steele dossier, whom Durham accuses of repeatedly lying to agents. The Steele dossier was the central evidence used by the FBI to win four consecutive FISA warrants targeting Trump’s campaign — and in 39 pages of painstaking detail the indictment lays out just how flawed and fake central elements of the dossier were. Those FISA warrants allowed the bureau to spy on former Trump adviser Carter Page and his many...

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Danchenko Indictment Document

Source: SCRIBD Date: 11/4/2021 39-page indictment Igor Danchenko stands out because it makes the linkage between Clinton campaign/lawyer, opposition research known as “Steele Dossier” used by FBI to obtain surveillance warrants for Trump campaign aide Carter Page + then Special Counsel Mueller probe.Igor Danchenko, accused of lying to FBI about his sources, due in federal court later today. NOTE: Indictment documents extensive contact with reporters before and after 2016 election.

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DNI declassifies Brennan notes, CIA memo on Hillary Clinton 'stirring up' scandal between Trump, Russia

Source: Fox News Date: 10/6/2021 Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Tuesday declassified documents that revealed former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Obama on Hillary Clinton’s purported “plan” to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as “a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server” ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Fox News has learned. Ratcliffe declassified Brennan’s handwritten notes – which were taken after he briefed Obama on the intelligence the CIA received – and a CIA memo, which revealed that officials...

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Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier

Source: New York Times Date: 11/4/2021 WASHINGTON — An analyst who was a key contributor to Democratic-funded opposition research into possible links between Donald J. Trump and Russia was arrested on Thursday and charged with lying to the F.B.I. about his sources. The analyst, Igor Danchenko, was a primary researcher for claims that went into the so-called Steele dossier, a compendium of rumors and unproven assertions suggesting that Mr. Trump and his 2016 campaign were compromised by and conspiring with Russian intelligence officials to help him defeat Hillary Clinton. In...

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Durham Plans to Call Former FBI Lawyer For Testimony Against Dem Attorney

Source: Conservative Brief Date: 10/27/2021 Special Counsel John Durham is expected to call the former top lawyer for the FBI in a case involving a former attorney for a law firm that counted the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton as clients. “Prosecutors working with special counsel John Durham’s team indicated on Tuesday they may call former FBI General Counsel James Baker to testify in the case of former Democrat attorney Michael Sussmann, who was indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI,” The Epoch Times is reporting. “During a status hearing Tuesday, Durham prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis...

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John Durham to Call Former FBI Lawyer to Testify in Case Involving Former Democrat Lawyer

Source: Epoch Times Date: 10/26/2021 Prosecutors working with special counsel John Durham’s team indicated on Tuesday they may call former FBI General Counsel James Baker to testify in the case of former Democrat attorney Michael Sussmann, who was indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI. During a status hearing Tuesday, Durham prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis and his team said they plan to call Baker, who now works for Twitter, to testify as part of the case against Sussmann, according to Fox News and the Washington Examiner. Last month, Sussmann pleaded not guilty to making a false statement...

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Durham unloads thousands of documents to Sussmann defense

Source: Washington Examiner Date: 10/20/2021 Special counsel John Durham provided 81,000 pages of discovery to indicted Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann in his criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation, court filings show. The reams of documents, which reveal details from grand jury subpoenas sent to 15 individuals and organizations likely including opposition research firm Fusion GPS, were produced this month after lawyers representing Sussmann, who denies any wrongdoing, demanded more information while calling the allegations that he lied to the FBI five years ago vague and...

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Lawyer who represented Clinton campaign indicted for alleged false statements to FBI

Source: ABC11 Date: 9/17/20221 A lawyer whose firm represented Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 presidential election was indicted Thursday by special counsel John Durham on a single charge of making a false statement to the FBI. Michael Sussmann, an attorney for the Perkins Coie law firm who previously represented the Democratic National Committee following the hacking of its servers by Russia during the 2016 campaign, is accused of lying "about the capacity in which he was providing allegations to the FBI" when he met with a top lawyer from the bureau in September 2016...

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FBI Raid On Oleg Deripaska Is Bad For Russia Collusion Hoaxers, Not Trump

Source: Federalist Date: 10/22/2021 When news broke earlier this week that the FBI had raided two homes connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, the corporate media and some of the main figures in the Russia-collusion hoax spun the story as related to Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the propaganda-pushing press left unreported Derispaska’s connections to Christopher Steele, Bruce Ohr, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., as well as evidence suggesting Steele engaged in potentially criminal lobbying on behalf of Deripaska in violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act, or FARA. On Tuesday...

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