A Washington D.C. jury has cleared former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann of all charges on Tuesday morning; he was suspected of lying to the FBI during a September 2016 meeting with former FBI general counsel James Baker. Sussmann told the then-FBI lawyer that he was coming to the bureau as a good citizen, when in reality Sussmann was passing shaky opposition research on behalf of his clients: the Clinton campaign and tech executive Rodney Joffe. Sussmann gave Baker later debunked evidence of a secret backchannel between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa Bank. Baker said during testimony that he is “100% confident” that Sussmann hid his clients during their September 19, 2016 meeting. “I told the truth to the FBI, and the Jury clearly recognized this in their unanimous verdict today,” he said.

Source: Fox News May 31, 2022 21:25 UTC