Durham's indictment of Dem lawyer Michael Sussmann is a "speaking indictment." Is written with much detail to advance narrative that Trump was victim of foul play re: the "secret Russian server" story
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Durham’s belief, expressed in this indictment, is basically that Clinton supporters drummed up a thin/bogus Trump Russia tie, fed it to the FBI to get Trump under investigation, then had it leaked to the press to hurt Trump’s campaign.
But Durham does not say any of that is criminal.
The crime he alleges is a false statement made by one person involved, attorney Michael Sussmann, during a meeting with the FBI.
Alleges Sussman said he was not acting on a client's behalf, but that he really was.
The topic at issue here is the claims of secret server traffic between a Trump-tied server and Alfa Bank, a Russian bank.
The server in question was actually "administered by a mass marketing email company" that sent ads for Trump hotels & other clients
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There is a whole lot in this indictment about the role of an unnamed Clinton-supporting tech executive in conducting oppo research on Trump.
The executive has not been charged with anything. Reads like Durham putting what he has found out there.
Unnamed tech exec asked employees at a company in which he had an ownership interest to search for data on Trump/Russia ties. Said he was working with someone closely tied to Clinton. Durham says it made those employees uncomfortable to use company data in this way
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