In opening arguments, prosecutors on Durham's team focused on a Sept.19, 2016, meeting between Sussmann and then-FBI general counsel James Baker, who is set to be called as a government witness later in the trial.
by Trump Attorney General Bill Barr commenced Tuesday with prosecutors alleging a noted cyber attorney with ties to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign planned to"create an 'October surprise' on the eve of a presidential election."
Sussmann delivered to Baker – who defense attorneys later described Tuesday as a friend of the defendant at the time – thumb drives and memos provided to him by Joffe that contained the data purportedly linking Trump to the Russian bank. According to Durham's team, he did so to carry out an alleged and so far uncharged scheme to negatively impact Trump's political campaign and allegedly lied about his clients to make the information appear more trustworthy.
But one of Durham's first witnesses, FBI special agent Scott Hellman, testified on Tuesday"Knowing where the data comes from…gives me context how much I believe it? Do I think it's real and do I trust it?" Witnesses called on Tuesday testified that Sussmann, who pleaded not guilty to the single count brought against him, was not involved in the collection or evaluation of the Alfa Bank data.
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