Thread by @KingMakerFT

Ok peeps. Here’s Durham’s indictment against Sussmann: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2106…

It makes interesting reading about elaborate machinations by Fusion, GPS, Sussman, and a client of Sussmann’s called Tech Executive 1, to present evidence to the FBI and the press of an active secret communications connection between Trump and a Russian bank. It was all bogus

… but that fact didn’t seem to bother the participants in this noble endeavor. All they needed something that supported a “narrative “ that would be pleasing to unidentified VIPs. It’s easy to see why half of establishment DC is nervous. A couple of questions practically jump

… off the pages: Who is Tech Executive 1? And has he cut a deal with Durham to spill his guts about a conspiracy involving others in a scheme to mislead the FBI? Specifically, what role did Clinton and members of her campaign play? As the indictment alleges. the campaign was

billed extensively for Sussmann’s work in putting this phony narrative together. It’s unclear from the indictment that Sussmann knew it was likely phony, but Tech Executive clearly did. My guess is that tithe fact that Tech Executive is not being publicly charged today for

conspiring to submit a false and misleading report to the FBI suggests that he has already agreed to plea to an indictment that’s still under seal or to be filed shortly. The signs seem to be pointing towards the campaign as a potential target.

Without the testimony of Tech Executive, this would be a relatively weak, even blah, case against Sussmann. Durham needs Tech Executive or someone close to him to convincingly explain what the game plan was, how the campaign was involved as Sussmann’s client, and the goal was

to spin a narrative that the FBI found plausible, so they could take it to the press and Hillary could use during debates. Sussmann will be under a lot of pressure to give up his client and perhaps his former law partner, Marc Elias.

The strongest “tell” in the indictment that Tech Executive is cooperating, probably after pleading guilty, is the allegation that he went to all this trouble to spin a false narrative (including accessing non-public data from private internet companies), because he had been

promised a high cyber job in a Clinton administration, if he could help her win. That quid pro quo allegation likely has one or more persons connected to the campaign very nervous tonight.