Marc Elias testified that he would not have approved going to the FBI with the false Russian Alfa bank claim because he did not trust the FBI or Director Comey. Yet, the campaign associates also aggressively pushed the Steele dossier to the FBI.
...Moreover, both Hillary Clinton and Jake Sullivan pushed the Alfa bank claims in public despite being utterly without basis. jonathanturley.org/2021/10/11/is-…
...Durham's filings show Elias as involved in meetings related to the false Alfa bank claim. His partner then pushed the claims to the FBI -- just as the Steele dossier was pushed to the FBI.
...The filings state: "In compiling and disseminating these allegations, the defendant and Tech Executive-1 also had met and communicated with another law partner at Law Firm-1 who was then serving as General Counsel to the Clinton Campaign (“Campaign Lawyer-1″).”...
...“Campaign Lawyer-1” is a reference to Marc Elias. Both the Steele dossier and Alfa bank claims show the same pattern: false claims pushed to both the FBI and the media while the Clinton campaign denied connections.
...Ultimately, the FEC fined the campaign campaign for concealing the funding of the Steele dossier at Perkins Coie. That was the account overseen by Elias at the firm. jonathanturley.org/2022/03/31/fec…
What is particularly ironic in Elias' testimony is that he claimed that you would never have trusted the FBI with an allegation that the campaign developed and was found to be utterly without support. That trust apparently rested with allies in the media.
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