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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 13, 2022, 10:19:06 pm
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May 13, 2022 4:07pm EDT
Judge rules Fusion GPS emails turned over in Durham probe cannot be viewed by jurors as trial looms
Michael Sussmann trial set to begin Monday
By David Spunt , Caitlin McFall | Fox News
A federal judge has ruled that the 22 emails ordered to be turned over to Special Counsel John Durham are barred from jury access as the trial of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is set to begin Monday.
The opposition research firm Fusion GPS withheld dozens of emails from Durham and claimed they were protected under attorney-client privilege and "work-product" privilege.
But federal Judge Christopher Cooper ruled these protections did not properly apply to this case and ordered that the emails be handed over to the special counsel.
It is unclear what is included in the emails, but Cooper ruled that Durham could not show them to jurors involved in the ongoing case against Sussmann, who has been charged with one count of making a false statement to the FBI.
Two months before the 2016 election, Sussmann informed the FBI he had information linking the Trump campaign to Russia.
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/durham-probe-judge-emails-jurors-michael-sussmann-trial
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In other words,the judge nullified the trial and turned it into nothing more than a "Show trial".