WASHINGTON—Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann’s trial for allegedly lying to the FBI about concocted links between the Trump Organization and a Kremlin-linked bank leading up to the 2016 election continues on Monday before U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in the E. Bartlett Perryman Federal Courthouse.
Sussmann is charged with making a false statement after he told FBI general counsel James A. Baker that he was not representing any clients on Sept. 19, 2016, as he delivered two thumb drives and a binder of “white papers” detailing “secret server” allegations against former President Donald Trump.
Among Sussmann’s clients at the time were the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Rodney Joffe, chief technology officer with Neustar, which had various contracts with the federal government, including handling DNS traffic for the President’s Office. Sussmann’s law firm, Perkins Coie, also represented the Clinton campaign, with fellow firm attorney Marc Elias serving as its general counsel….