will (grudgingly) follow the law. You never know with these guys!
Of course they may well say they are going to follow the law but in reality break it. That’s pretty much how these guys work…
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Yes, the Hillary
campaign is desperately trying to hide things. But it won’t work. They have already published uh… selected parts of it far and wide. They can’t just choose to reveal SOME parts and not others!
In other words, each of those disclosures to third parties waived any attorney-client privilege claims at the very least. Many experts believe it to be preposterous to even try to suggest an opposition research dossier meant to be made public could ever qualify as attorney-client privileged materials.
Yes, it’s preposterous but they have little other option. A Lloyd Christmas chance is better than nothing!
They are just stalling. They hope that if they stall long enough, they will get away with things…
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Yes, Sussmann
is in real trouble. His defense is attorney-client privilege, but the lie he told was that he wasn’t Hillary’s attorney! So which is it? Was he or wasn’t he?
If he WAS acting as Hillary’s (or someone else’s) attorney, then privilege might well attach because of attorney-client privilege, but then he is still guilty of lying to the FBI in saying he he was not representing anyone, had dirt on Trump, and was just being a good citizen.
But if he was NOT actually a hired attorney acting on behalf of a client (as he ludicrously claimed), then there is no attorney-client privilege to assert! He therefore can be compelled to testify.
So which is it?
Well, we KNOW now. He lied to the FBI in order to make himself more credible. He WAS actually doing this on behalf of a client!
And don’t be confused, this goes far beyond Sussmann…
Several of Sussmann’s clients and others associated with Hillary’s campaign have asserted attorney-client privilege to keep their communications out of the trial. But Durham laid a trap around those claims, and it’s a dangerous one for Sussmann. By even claiming that privilege, Joffe, Hillary for America, and others are directly contradicting Sussmann’s crucial position that he wasn’t representing anyone when he met with the FBI and gave them (false) information about Trump-Russia collusion. [emphasis added]
The jury is in DC. So there could be a “jury nullification” thing that goes on, where the jury fully understands he is guilty but “nullifies” the law by voting “not guilty” anyway. But he may well plead down before it goes to trial, in any case.
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