Where? What channel? I probably can't follow it, but I appreciate your updates.
Originally Posted by lustylad
That was Kash Patel. He was in the courtroom. But, your welcome.
Originally Posted by bambino
Did you two Trump economic experts wanna bet on whether Sussman gets convicted or not?
Evidently you two are getting your criminal law advice from the same source you got your economic advice on the Trump economy. ..Donald J Trump!
"The FBI was "wary of being played" and was "very wary of being sucked into that kind effort," Baker said, explaining why he would've liked to know if Sussmann came on Clinton's behalf.
Did the alleged lie even matter?
To win a conviction, Durham must convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that Sussmann lied to Baker, and that the lie was "material" enough to influence the FBI's actions or decisions.
If Sussmann told Baker during the meeting that he was representing Clinton, Baker said he "would have asked more questions," and may have brought in the FBI agents who handled the Clinton email investigation, or the agents who were handling the early Trump-Russia probe.
This testimony might help undo some of the damage from FBI agent Scott Hellmann, who performed the initial technical analysis of Sussmann's tip, and earlier testified that he wouldn't have done anything differently about the data if he had known it originated from a partisan source.
Also, one day before the meeting, Sussmann texted Baker that they urgently needed to talk, saying, "I'm coming on my own -- not on behalf of a client or company." Durham didn't charge this as a false statement, but it could influence jury deliberations. Baker testified that he wouldn't have scheduled the meeting if Sussmann disclosed that he was representing the campaign.
The defense has argued that the alleged lie didn't matter -- and wasn't "material" -- because Sussmann was well-known within the FBI for representing the Democratic National Committee after it was hacked by Russia. Baker acknowledged in cross-examination that by the time he met Sussmann, he was aware of about Sussmann's work for the DNC and Clinton campaign."
