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Michael Sussmann, a lawyer who represented the Democratic National Committee in 2016, was acquitted being charged with lying to the FBI about whom he was representing when, in September 2016, he pushed claims of a link between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa-Bank. He was indicted on a single false statements charge of concealing his clients [which included] the Clinton campaign.
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The prosecution entered into evidence a host of billing records, attempting to show Sussmann repeatedly charged his work on the Alfa-Bank allegations to the Clinton campaign. Clinton personally signed off on sharing the since-debunked allegations related to Alfa-Bank with the media in 2016, according to testimony by her campaign manager.
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The defense team contended that Sussmann had not lied and that even if he had, it had not mattered, claiming [special counsel John Durham, who charged Sussman] was pursuing a conspiracy theory. The judge limited some of the evidence that Durham was able to present at trial.