Former New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau has asked a judge to excuse him from testifying about certain topics when he takes the stand in Special Counsel John Durham’s case against Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
In a motion (pdf) filed May 12 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Lichtblau’s attorney Chad Bowman asked that Lichtblau be protected from being forced to provide testimony on some matters unrelated to the case.
According to the indictment against Sussmann, Lichtblau had communicated with Sussmann before Sussmann met with FBI officials on Sept. 19, 2016. Statements made by Sussmann to the FBI at the time form the basis for the charge of making a false statement to the FBI.
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