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A longtime cybersecurity lawyer urged a federal judge in Washington on Thursday to toss the government’s case against him, arguing the false statement he made to the FBI had no impact on its investigation into claims of Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 presidential election.
Michael Sussmann has pleaded not guilty to a single charge of making a false statement to the FBI. He is accused of falsely stating that he was not representing any clients when he met with then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in 2016 and provided him with data files allegedly containing evidence of secret communications between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia’s Alfa Bank.
Prosecutors working for Special Counsel John Durham – who is leading an investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe – say that during the one-on-one meeting, Sussmann hid that he was representing Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and an unidentified “U.S. technology expert,” who has since been identified as Rodney Joffe.
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Article URL : https://www.courthousenews.com/lawyer-charged-in-review-of-trump-russia-probe-asks-judge-to-toss-case/