A jury cleared Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Democrats, of lying to the FBI at the height of the 2016 campaign — a defeat for special counsel John Durham.
Highlights
- A federal jury acquits Michael Sussmann on a charge that he lied to the FBI in 2016 while acting on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign.
- The verdict comes after less than a full day of deliberations spread over parts of Friday and Tuesday.
- The special counsel’s trial sought to revive old controversies about the FBI’s role in the 2016 presidential election.
- Prosecutors argued that the case against their client was built on a “political conspiracy theory” and that the truth is not about politics, the jury forewoman said.
- “Politics were not a factor.
- We felt really comfortable being able to share what we thought.