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Special Counsel John Durham’s team said Michael Sussmann has been proven guilty of lying to the FBI “beyond a reasonable doubt” as it gave its closing argument Friday.

WASHINGTON—Prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on one point on May 27—that former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann ...

The fate of Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is now in the hands of 12 jurors who will decide if he lied when pitching to the FBI in 2016 a false story about Trump-Russia collusion.

Jury deliberations have begun in the Washington trial of a lawyer for Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign whos charged with lying to the FBI early in the Trump-Russia probe

WASHINGTON -- A lawyer for Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign hid his partisan interests from the FBI as he pushed "pure opposition research" related to Donald Trump and Russia in

I was skeptical that the Sussman prosecution would tell us much that is new, but some significant nuggets have come out. Like this one: FBI brass were ‘fired up’ about now-debunked Trump-Russia ties. FBI leaders, including then-Director James Comey, were “fired up” about a potential connection between the Trump campaign and Russia — which ultimately was proven false, text messages and court testimony revealed Tuesday. On Sept. 21, 2016, two

A former business associate of Rodney Joffe launched a Trump-Russia data-mining project in 2016 at the direction of the technology executive, a task the witness said made him feel “extremely uncomfortable” because it felt like “opposition research.”

One of the FBI agents who led the investigation into debunked Alfa-Bank claims in 2016 remains under review for allegedly concealing exculpatory information from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court during the Trump-Russia investigation.

The Durham case should wrap up later this week.

WASHINGTON—An analyst with the operative firm tapped by Hillary Clinton's campaign ahead of the 2016 presidential election detailed ...