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WASHINGTON -- A lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign who is charged with lying to the FBI early in the Trump-Russia probe sought to "use and manipulate" federal law enforcement to create an "October surprise" in the final weeks of the presidential race, a prosecutor alleged Tuesday at the start of his trial. Defense lawyers told jurors he never lied.

Washington, May 18:A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign who is charged with lying to the FBI early in the Trump-Russia probe sought to “use and manipulate” federal law enforcement to create an “October surprise” in the final weeks of the presidential race, a prosecutor alleged Tuesday at the start of his trial. Defence lawyers told jurors he never lied. Michael Sussmann is accused of misleading the FBI during a September 2016 meeting by telling the bureau&#8...

The judge presiding over the case against Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann instructed special counsel John Durham’s team not to bring up the fact that “Tech Executive-1” Rodney Joffe had been cut off as an FBI source in 2021.

The FBIs former general counsel, whom Michael Sussmann has been charged with lying to, shed light on their relationship as he took the stand Wednesday to begin his key testimony in special counsel John Durham’s case against the Democratic cybersecurity lawyer.

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

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Former Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias testified for more than three hours on Wednesday as part of the trial of Michael Sussmann, confirming that he hired Fusion GPS to run opposition research for Hillary For America during the 2016 election cycle, and revealing that he would share “the fruits of their work” with senior Clinton campaign officials.

Michael Sussmann is charged by special counsel John Durham with one count of lying to the FBI. His defense calls the accusations "nonsensical."

An FBI agent said that it took him "less than a day" to determine that one theory about Donald Trump having ties to Alfa Bank was made up by Michael Sussman.

An FBI agent told jurors Tuesday that Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann's purported evidence tying former President Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank strained credibility because there was no effort to hide what Mr. Sussmann claimed was secret back-channel communications.

Rep. Jim Jordan weighs in on key takeaways from the first day of testimony in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann.