defense rests without sussman taking witness stand. who is michael sussman? guest: michael sussman was a private attorney with perkins q. week, the law firm that was doing the legal work for the clinton campaign ahead of the 2016 election. he was one of the top lawyers for the clinton campaign, him and mark -- mark elias. what durham has alleged is, in 2016, september 2016, weeks away from that presidential election, michael sussman went to the fbi and told fbi top lawyer james baker that he was not representing a client. he was not doing this on behalf of any client when he brought anti-trump allegations, linking president trump to a russian back. since then, those claims have been debunked thoroughly. the fbi looked into it and concluded they were meritless, special counsel robert moeller concluded it was meritless. when he was testifying before congress, moeller was asked about the alpha bank allegations. he said as far as he knew, there was no evidence to back these allegations up. host: he goes to -- michael sussman goes to this fbi agent, says he has th

kash, let me turn now to the trial tomorrow about michaelou sussman. give me your expectations and how you believe john durham is conducting this investigation very. >> hate maria, great to be with you as a former national security prosecutor john durham's during the most'v methodical prosecution i've seen in recent history. w and like we do a devin i run the hope the best way to convict a target of an investigation especially of a crime is with their own documentation. if the folding money john durham fold the money and connected the clinton campaign with the lawyers of the future gps and the fbi. what he's also done as is going to put on display are the notesl from the fbi themselves really want to pause here these notes were subpoenaed by chairman noon as they withheld from us during our investigation for john durham found that much of the note say mckay and peter strzok's new.after the russia gate investigation but before it began.. it was full of lies and corruption that was paid for by the dnc and hillary campaign. that's going to get convicted a

michael sussman designed that. but the question remains:the what of the principal no? he green-lighted at least a portion of this activity. >> michelle: although it comes to mind is ♪♪ supercalifragilisticexpialidocio us ♪♪ the classic campaign. will be held accountable for this? i highly doubt that miss clinton will be held accountable for any of this. this is what makes people sick to their stomachs about politics. that you have this outsider running in donald trump. miss clinton, hillary clinton that kennedy reminded us about why a server not, so they found this equal accusation to throw at the guy running against her. and, you know, it doesn't surprise me that clinton would be in on the hey, yeah, let's go ahead and push us in planet and give it to a reporter who may be as favorable with us and likes us. you see the quotes and the headlines and the tweets that came out right about this time. this, apparently, showed this could be the closest link that we have between trump and russia. all those little caveats. it was nothing in the end. >> kaleigh: a nina j

michael sussman may be acquitted. that bombshell testimony has huge implications. kellum opened many thanks for the past thought. he's kind of more he's speaking to his life. neil and thank you. see you for joining us. aeronautics international will get back in 30 minutes with the very latest. ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation. let it be in arms. race is on often very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time. time to sit down and talk with me.

michael sussman is now on trial for lying to the fbi about everything you just heard. during the trial today, former clinton campaign manager took the stage, he made a big emission, he testified that hillary clinton personally approved at the dissemination o those false allegations to the media. what does all of this mean? matt whitaker, former acting attorney general and he joins u now. will, i think this is fair to say without exaggeration this i big. tell us what you read into what's happening and the investigation the trial of michael sussman as of today. >> this trial is so important for two reasons. one as holding someone accountable for lying to the fb and upholding the will of law. also it's important because it' telling the story of what the clinton campaign did spreading this information really, that was in 2017 that's that our current national security advisor jake sullivan was talking about this same fake news false information that hillary clinton had ordered the code red to disseminate to the media in sussman prior to that gone to the fbi and said i don'

baker says he became friends with michael sussman years ago. the two kept in quote, frequent contact. baker said sussman contacted his personal cell on a sunday night in september of 2016. sussman wrote, jim, this is michael discuss man. i have something time sensitive to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow. i'm coming on my own. not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau, thanks. sussman met with baker at fbi headquarters later that day and relayed information, allegations linking trump organization via a computer server between a russia bank. fbi investigated it. nothing to it. sussman's text he was not coming to baker on behalf after client. told baker the same reason. he billed clinton campaign for the meeting. baker said sussman said he was positive he was not coming in on behalf of any clients. the defense pointed to a prior interview transcript where baker used the word clients when talking about sussman. baker said that was essentially a figure of speech and he misspoke. the trial continues

it is not just the witness case it is a paper case by then have michael sussman's own text a message on the evening he went to see james baker eight message to baker where he himself explicitly says i am coming to you as a patriot, as a good samaritan. and let's move on to the testimony of now mark his law apartment in funneled all of the money from the hillary clinton campaign and the alpha bank server nonsense. he comes in and guts his defense. he says we were working together and of course the hillary clinton campaign was our client. and then there is the documentation the e-mail and the billing that shows michael sussman was a building the hillary clinton campaign for all of the work related to alpha bank. and if that was not enough you have the fbi tech expert come in. come in and say the fbi knew one day after we receive this information about alpha bank and they reported connection to trump tower that it was complete garbage. that is some pretty powerful testimony and documents. i want to talk about the statement at the trial because what scott he is the fbi's cyber analyst te

this trial is about michael sussman. one of the clinton campaign attorneys but we're waiting testimony from the general counsel of the clinton campaign a name we're familiar with, marquee k -- mark elias. one of the people responsible in the clinton campaign for hiring fusion gps, that opposition research firm which eventually procured that controversial steele dossier. this trial is about michael sussman who worked at the same law firm a mark he -- elias. prosecutors say it's simple, sussman tried to manipulate the f.b.i. to open and investigation into donald trump, something an average citizen just simply could not do. sussman is charged with lying to the bureau two months before the 2016 election he went to the bureau and said he had some information linking the trump organization via a computer server to a russian based alpha bank owned by associates close to vladimir putin. the f.b.i. investigated and that allegation was bogus. he claimed he was a concerned citizen worried about national security but the government

michael sussman choosing not to testify in his own defense. we report on where things stand tonight. two. >> two major developments thursday in court, closing arguments kicked off friday morning as michael sussman declined to defend himself on the stand. for the first time in this tria we heard directly from michael sussman when he told the judge he put not testify come away to avoid direct questions from special counsel john durham's team sussman is charged with lying to the fbi specifically that fbi general counsel james baker when he came to baker in september of 2016 and said he had information linking the trunk organization to a russian bank with kremlin ties via a server. was delivering that information on his own, not on behalf of an clients. durham argues that sussman went on behalf of the clinton campaign and showed building evidence that he says proves that. sussman's team said he did nothing wrong and has a long working relationship with the fbi and with never liked the bureau. the judge, christopher cooper, read instructions on thu

defense rests without sussman taking witness stand. who is michael sussman? guest: michael sussman was a private attorney with perkins q. week, the law firm that was doing the legal work for the clinton campaign ahead of the 2016 election. he was one of the top lawyers for the clinton campaign, him and mark -- mark elias. what durham has alleged is, in 2016, september 2016, weeks away from that presidential election, michael sussman went to the fbi and told fbi top lawyer james baker that he was not representing a client. he was not doing this on behalf of any client when he brought anti-trump allegations, linking president trump to a russian back. since then, those claims have been debunked thoroughly. the fbi looked into it and concluded they were meritless, special counsel robert moeller concluded it was meritless. when he was testifying before congress, moeller was asked about the alpha bank allegations. he said as far as he knew, there was no evidence to back these allegations up. host: he goes to -- michael sussman goes to this fbi agent, says he has th

it began today for hillary campaign lawyer michael sussman. he is pleading not guilty to lie toying the fbi. david spunt has more. reporter: liz, within the last 45 minutes a jury officially been impaneled in this case. john durham began looking at the origins of that trump russia narrative three years ago in may 2019. as you mentioned we do have video of john durham entering the federal courthouse this morning. he began looking into the narrative at the direction then of attorney general bill barr. he charged three people so far. this is his first trial as you mentioned as part of that probe. michael sussman is a former clinton campaign attorney charged with making a false statement to the fbi two months before the 2016 liz. sussman called a man named james baker, the lead attorney at the fbi. sussman told baker he had information that linked the trump campaign to russia via a russian bank. we know that information turned out to be false. according to the government sussman told baker he was just delivering that information on behalf of himse

michael sussman is accused of lying to the fbi after allegedly

durham wants jurors at this trial to know that clinton's attorney michael sussman in twentyon sixteen they want about this intersection of his work against former president trump and that ofha the author of the debunked steel dossier and the judge rightly pointed out, well, this information was leaked to the press. you can hardly claim attorneypr client privilege privilege, which i thought was a powerfullt statement by the judge. >> yeah, durham wants the court to knowm the truth and it was a conspiracy. sean.conspiraabout it, you got s you got christopher steele, tech executive one mr. jaffe who create a lie. you got glenn simpson with fusion gps who peddles the lie to the press.. you got michael sussman who takes the lie and hands it to the fbius again, not just anyone at the fbi but jim baker, the chief counsel. and you got marc elias and the clinton campaign overseeing the whole operation. it wasn false. it was garbage, but it was a conspiracy to keep donald trump. the white house in durham is a on to him and he wants tond make sure the court has the truth and the facts plain and

clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman will testify next week. he is charged with lying to the f.b.i. senator lindsey graham with his take. >> we know that a lawyer for the clinton campaign went to the f.b.i. to tell a lie to them about a connection between trump and a bank in russia and we now know that the carter/page warrant was illegally obtained because the steele dossier was a bunch of crap. >> harris: congressman jim jordan ranking member is standing by. david spunt is live at the department of justice. >> good morning. john durham began his investigation into the origins of the russia probe in may of 2019. he has charged three people and monday's trial involving michael sussman will be the first trial in this john durham probe. it is one to watch. we'll be covering it. michael sussman, the former clinton campaign attorney charged with making a false statement to the f.b.i. sussman two months before the 2016 election went to the f.b.i. and said he had information that linked the trump campaign to russia. sussman claimed he had some informa

that is what michael sussman did. that is what june durham's proof is. the other think, prosecutor, debra shaw in her opening argument, guy, she is saying this about the entitlement and privilege of hillary clinton campaign, her team, her lawyers, they could go in there to manipulate the fbi for october surprise against trump, threaten the fbi. "new york times" was going to do the story anyway. this is the privilege of a team that thought they were so powerful normal rules did not apply to them. is that going to sway the jury? >> listen i think that's a powerful argument. no question privilege was involved. sussman felt he did, he was able to pick up the phone, call the general counsel to the fbi, get a meeting. that is a pretty special thing. but i think there is an element missing here, liz. as a prosecutor, did this for a long, long time. i would have thrown a few more fastballs to the head. i would have described that this does go back to hillary clinton. that this does go back to, this conspiracy lead directly back to the dnc and these people were i

he says, jim, it's michael sussman. i have something time sensitive and sensitive that i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i'm coming on my own, not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau. thanks. so he said it. he said that he wasn't doing this on behalf. why isn't that the smoking gun that is going to get him convicted? >> unfortunately, david, they got it too late. when this case was indicted in september of 2021, they were right up against the five-year statute of limitations. the meeting that baker had with sussman, jim baker, was the general counsel of the fbi at the time, that occurred on september 19th, 2016. so they had to indict the case by september of 2021. they didn't locate the text until six months after that. by that point durham could not go back the grand jury, supercede the indictment to add new charges because it was time barred. david: so you can't bring this text into the court? >> no. it is different. they're allowed to use it for evidence.

by michael sussman. and we learned a little bit more today about how those were doctored and then funneled up and it's a really sad day i think for the fbi and to see and remember that their motto is fidelity, bravery, and integrity, and today we witnessed zero integrity, zero bravery, and just a complete destruction of everything that is supposed to be objective and fair in our country. it was a sad day today i think. >> sean: it is sad for the country but i do want to point out, that's the 1% in power at the top of the fbi. gregg i call the the biggest abuse of power corruption scandal in our history. we have a situation if we look big picture here where you have literally hillary clinton bought and paid for dirty dossier. that's in one bucket. then you got the alpha bank, trump server in trump tower connection, that was a lie. but you have the candidate herself paying for the russian disinformation in the case of the dossier, and then disseminating false information in the alpha bank bucket and here w

., attorney michael sussman charged with lying to the fbi weeks ahead of the 2016 election. >> his law firm represented hillary clinton's campaign that year. special counsel john durham's team now begins its first criminal trial since his appointment 3 years ago. >> our washington, d.c., correspondent tom dempsey has the details. >> inside dc federal court on monday, jury selection got underway in the trial involving a three-year probe led by special counsel john durham to examine any misconduct during the fbi's investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. the defendant, cybersecurity lawyer, michael sussman, durham's team alleges sussman lied to the fbi when he brought forward suspicions about seeker communications between the trump campaign and alpha bank, the largest private bank in russia sussman telling his fbi contact that he was not working for any client when he shared his information. but suspend had done work for the clinton campaign. durham's team alleges sussman came forward on behalf of the campaign and a tech executive who supported clinton's cand

big news is michael sussman will not take the stand. >> bill: thank you for that. julie. >> julie: picking up on that story our next guest detailing the roll exactly. andy mcarthur is a former u.s. assistant attorney. you are probably not too surprised we just learned the former clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman will not be testifying in his own defense today. i'm assuming the judge agreed to block durham's team from questioning him about pre-indictment negotiations? >> i think it's mainly that he is confident that the case is going in his direction. it is odd to say that under circumstances where the proof is overwhelming that the statement was false. but there is a difference between the statement being false and the f.b.i. being fooled by it. and i think the statement at this point is better understood as a cover story so the f.b.i. could take information or feel comfortable taking information that was obviously political opposition research. so what the sussman defense i think has been able to show is the government has big trouble trying to prove the mat

coming up, sparks flying in the trial against former clinton lawyer michael sussman. hillary or her cronies ever be held accountable for the russia pollution hoax? mollie hemingway with the latest. she's next. ♪♪ ♪♪ kennedy: mondays mouth trumpet monday winner, matt. good job. truth keeps coming out about cricket history, the role of the russia pollution hoax, evidence her campaign lawyer michael sussman sent the bill to hillary for america, for the time he spent tweeting the hoax to james baker at headquarters. the memo on the bill says communication regarding confidential projects. prosecution rested today so he's going down and we will take hillary take with him. now editor in chief fox news contribute mollie hemingway's back. how damning is the bill and does anyone believe michael sussman went rogue with no one's knowledge to the fbi all by himself? >> today's testimony was really bad for him. we seen evidence previously he lied about whether he was working on behalf of client when he funneled this information to the fbi but today that included little rece

all this news out of the michael sussman trial. i thought it was huge news but hillary clinton is now to be the one who said go out and spread this information, get it to the f.b.i. and the media and yet no one in the media covered it. we have a little here. no coverage from nbc, cbs, msnbc and then on may 15th, 11 minutes on cnn. that the stunning when you have hillary clinton who got so much coverage beforehand now are silent? >> it's amazing. remember, the abc and nbc and cbs evening newscast attract 20 million people. the bias is readily apparent saying we covered it online. it doesn't cut it. can you imagine for five seconds if the names were switched and it was instead of clinton campaign manager robby mook replaced by kellyanne conway, imagine if it was conway that admitted a lawyer close to the campaign had gone to the f.b.i. appeared pitched a story that was farcical. jonathan turlly called it the most successful disinformation campaign in u.s. history and he is right. >> martha: a fascinating comment on his part. hillary

it's michael sussman and i have time sensitive and something sensitive i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow. i'm coming on my own. want to help the bureau. sussman's team told joour ors via a poster board despite what the government says it was not a giant political conspiracy theory. they accused the government of distracting from the facts. the sunday night text message doesn't matter. it is what sussman said to baker monday at f.b.i. head quaerts and no notes or recordings of that meeting. baker told different people different storesy about what sussman said. sussman's attorney said it's not a secret he worked for the f.b.i. and he argued the f.b.i. never interviewed them further proving that everybody new michael sussman worked for the clinton campaign and can't prove what they told baker in that meeting. we're on verdict watch. when we have anything we'll bring it to you. >> trans people don't transition for athletics. we transition to be happy and authentic and our true selves. transitioning to take advantage. >> you didn't transit

. >> todd: clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman could testify today after a trove of new evidence. a live report coming at. >> carley: and sarah huckabee sanders after a victory in the gubernatorial primary. her dad will tell what this moment means to him. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert now, a community coming together to mourn the horrific deaths of 19 young students and two teachers killed in a texas elementary school massacre. we are learning more about the victims. one of them, only eight years old. >> carley: that beautiful boy. a teacher who survived the attack breaking it down as she recalled seeing the gunmen coming down the hall outside her classroom. >> my kids were so scared. [crying] i had to protect my children. >> todd: the shooter entered another classroom and launched a nearly 40-minute ambush that claimed all those innocent lives before the member of an elite border patrol unit took them out. look at this photo showing that agent. he suffered a great boon to the head and is lucky to be alive this morning. >> carley: let's break on the timeline of events

the trial of clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman. "new york post" slashing the story on the front page following yesterday's testimony by former f.b.i. general counsel james baker. he told the jury hillary's lawyer lied to him linking donald trump to russia just weeks before the 2016 election. david spunt is live outside federal court. hey, david. >> good morning. today is day three on the stand for former f.b.i. general counsel james baker. he has been on the stand for an hour. he says the allegations brought forth by the defendant in this case, michael sussman, were so severe and so concerning he took them directly to his bosses at the f.b.i., former director james comey and andy mccabe, his dep see. baker took this meeting with michael sussman in september 2016 and described sussman as a friend, james baker walks into court there yesterday. sussman claimed to have information linking the trump organization to russia via a secret back channel. baker says that sussman came to that meeting with hard copy documents and two thumb drive

jim it's michael sussman. i have something time sensitive and sensitive i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i'm coming on my own not on behalf of the bureau or a company. not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau, thanks. sussman's team said despite what the government said it was not a giant political conspiracy theory. they accused the government using smokes and mirrors. they said the sunday night text message doesn't matter but what sussman said to baker on monday. there are no notes or recordings of that meeting. it is he said, he said. baker has told different people different stories about what sussman said. at the end of the day sussman's team is confident he will be acquitted and insists he would have never misled the f.b.i. and that is what he is being charged with doing. >> harris: we'll watch it all. thank you very much. jim jordan, republican of ohio, ranking member of the house judiciary committee. that's appropriate. on the oversight and reform committee. great to have you in "focus" today. you heard w

cheryl: a federal jury found former clinton campaign attorney michael sussman not guilty of lying to the fbi. the latest from the district court in dc. >> reporter: this verdict came down an hour and 20 minutes ago. michael sussman is a former clinton campaign attorney who back in september of 2016 walk into fbi headquarters down the street from where i am and said he had information alleged information about donald trump's organization and russia, a russian bank with kremlin ties communicating via secret back channel, that turned out not to be true. special counsel durham charged him with lying to the fbi because he says sussman claims he was coming on his own not on behalf of any clients, just as a concerned citizen. durham said the evidence proved he also stuart: representing the clinton campaign and this was politically motivated by the jury felt differently, they felt the government did not prove its case. michael sussman, former clinton campaign attorney acquitted about an hour ago and spoke to the media outside the courtroom. >> i told the truth to the fbi and the jury recogni

michael sussman on trial is charged with lying to the f.b.i. when claiming he had evidence of a secret communication back channel between the trump organization and alfa bank. he said he was delivering his information on his own on behalf of a concerned citizen not any clients like the clinton campaign. john durham seen going into court this morning says his team has some evidence showing that sussman billed the clinton campaign for that private f.b.i. meeting and the f.b.i. found in evidence of a trump organization/russia bank connection. mook told jurors on friday he would never have authorized sussman a clinton campaign attorney to go to the f.b.i. with that information. he says it was up to the media to essentially vet this information. clinton tweeted just a few days before the election in 2016 she said computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the trump organization to a russian-based bank. right now on the stand is the former head of counter intelligence for the f.b.i. and took notes on that meeting between mi

prosecutors inking out their case against clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman accusing him during opening statements of lying and attempting to inject the fbi into a presidential election by peddling a tip linking then candidate donald trump to a russian bank. our own kim strauss was back with what we learned in the trials of first weeks. some pretty big news coming out of the trial one specific point which is former clinton aide said on the stand that hillary clinton herself had authorized going to a reporter and telling the reporter about this information about trump and the alpha bank. that information turned out to be false. how important is that? >> surprise this is really interesting because the clinton campaign apparatus has worked very hard over the ensuing years to keep her out of it and to suggest she knew nothing about this operation. but it is amazing what happens when you're put under oath and on a stand. just how much the truth comes out. though again address a broadly we owe john durham for help and to finally get some of these facts out there. paul: is this the fir

michael sussman and celebrities johnny depp and amber heard, they are now both in the hands of jurors. we will talk about the final arguments next. >> the jury will continue deliberations next week in the case against the hillary clinto campaign attorney accused of lying to the fbi about the trum russia probe correspondent has the very latest tonight from washington. >> deliberations ended for the day, but we won't know the verdict until at least tuesday when court resumes special counsel john durham's team told jurors the evidence is overwhelming to convict former campaign attorney michael sussman when he told the fbi he was delivering f information about a secret communications channel between the trump organization in russia on his own, not on behalf of any clients. the clinton campaign, durham argues that he was clinically motivated meeting with his friend fbi general counsel jame baker just weeks before the 201 election prosecutors also showe the e-mails between sussman and reporters and say it all comes down to this text. jim, it's michael sussman, i have something time sensitiv

that is completely falsese information came from clinton lawyer michael sussman and now it comes. several more fbi officials are set to testify this week, including bill priest who was peter struck boss and is t the one who ultimately decided to launch the crossfire hurricane investigation and the forty five president donaldigat trump. well,in he's reacting to testimony from last week from fi former clinton campaign managert robby mook who revealed that in fact he got hillary's permission. she herself authorized the disseminating the alpha bank hoax to the media mob. former president rightly told fox news .com and digital quote for three years i had to fight her off and fight these crooked people off and you'll nevern get your full your reputation fully back . where do i go? where do i where do i get my reputation back ? wow. reminiscent of ray donovan. it wasov reaction fox news legal analyst greg jarrett along with trump attorney alina habaso with us. om >> alina, you were in the courtroom again today. tell us the very latest. yes, i have my team in the, courtroom today a and we

michael sussman is in the courthouse charged with lying to the f.b.i. claiming he had evidence of a secret communications back channel between the trump organization and russian bank with ties to the kremlin. he said he was delivering this information on his own as a concerned citizen not on behalf of the clinton campaign. but special counsel john durham says his team has evidence showing that sussman later billed the clinton campaign. today on the stand the former head of counter intelligence for the f.b.i. who took notes after f.b.i. general counsel james baker told him about the meeting with michael sussman in september 2016. that's him walking out of court with the blue tie. he today was not helpful to the government. he told the jury he does not recall much from that time in 2016 and could not give specific details on notes. however, hillary clinton on october 31, 2016, tweeted out computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the trump organization to a russian-based bank. the trial is expected to continue through this week

plus former hillary clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman will soon learn his fate for his role in a russian gate. as us begins to deliberate on the charges that he lied to the fbi. california congressman joins us on that and the federal investigation into hunter bidens. then they present goes off script on china and taiwan. causing the white house to walk back his remarks it. trucks are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? >> yes. >> you are? >> is a commitment we made. thirty-six near congresswoman claudia is here on the strategy in ukraine with its resistance to russian invasion but it all about and more as we look ahead to sending morning future. first to uvalde, texas the latest of a devastating shooting there that killed and 192 teachers. senior correspondent is in uvalde with more prey. >> the president and the first lady will beat making multiple stops here in texas meeting with multiple people associated with the senseless tragedy, the senseless act that happened here. now the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history which ha

on september 18th, 2016, sussman texted, "jim, it's michael sussman. i have something time-sensitive and sensitive i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i'm coming on my own, not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau, thanks." sussman had a badge to get into fbi head quarters and offered baker information linking the trump organization via a computer server to a russian-based bank. the fbi investigated. nothing to it. sussman claims he came forward not on behalf of a client but as a concerned citizen. federal prosecutors say they have evidence showing that sussman billed a clinton campaign for the fbi meeting. also on the stand, clinton campaign general counsel mark elias who told jurors he personally hired fusion gps, opposition research firm to dig up dirt on then candidate donald trump. fusion gps in turn worked with former british spy christopher steele to create the steele dossier, collection of bogus information about candidate trump. elias kept the hiring quiet within the campaign telling j

and it only took a personal favor from michael sussman said i'm coming in as a concerned citizen and not on behalf of the campaign pretty sounds with jim baker is the general counsel of the time to take the meeting. he was basically trading on a personal relationship to try to get the fbi to take notice of the unfounded allegations. elizabeth: a bill, the big news coming out of what happened today's fbi former director james comey who drove hiller to the brink. robby testifying quote we do not trust the fbi. two or three the most damaging days of the clinton campaign were caused by combing, not trump. co- meat broke protocol time and again with the public press conferences on the fbi's investigation into a hillary clinton's e-mails that was happening at the same time. and clinton has repeatedly blamed comey for causing her to lose to trump. that is what drove her to basically push up the story into the media. >> someone has done multiple presidential campaigns is nothing worse than having law enforcement agency give a press conference the summer before the election and say were not p

jim, michael sussman. i have something time sensitive and sensitive i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i'm coming on my own, not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau, thanks. how did that go over? >> not well. the text message was sent one day before the meeting actually took place between sussman and baker. the kicker is what most americans don't realize the testimony of the defense witnesses and elias and sussman are locked in. i talked to them. john durham is using the deposition transcripts in court. so that's why marc elias can't run away from the truth and sussman is boxed in. durham entered the exhibits into the court and if you lie we'll impeach you with this. >> dana: the headline in the "new york post" is a reminder of you were talking about sussman and baker, elias. hillary clinton the head of the campaign. clinton lawyer's ridiculous defense in trump frame-up. she has never had to answer any questions about this. she rolls her eyes. says it's ridiculous. at this point when i read these things isn't

michael sussman is accused of lying to the fbi after allegedly using russian disinformation to smear donald trump to federal agentsl on behalf of the clinton campaign. and breaking todayfinto, former clinton campaign manager robby mook. he testified that hillary clinton herself approved this smear campaign but denied any involvement in sussman's efforts to involve the fbi. now even the world's richest man is tweeting about the case . elon musk, he tweeted quote i bet most people still don't know that a clinton campaign lawyer using campaign funds created an elaborate hoaxcr abot trump and russia makes you wonder what else is fake. here now with reaction is fox news legal analyst greg jarrett and someone who was in the courtroom today, attorney to former president trump allena haba. i thank you so much for being here with us tonight . greg, i want to, start with you because oh my goodness, hillary clinton personally signed off on this personally. >> hillary clinton herself, she personally approved the scheme to peddle phony collusion information to the media that dropped like a bombsh

captain john durham, against michael sussman, the prosecution says that the fbi to create an october surprise against then candidate donald trump, coming five years to the day that robert muller was reported as special counsel to investigate whether they did coordinate with russia to infiltrate the presidential election. trace gallagher is breaking down everything that happened today. >> the allegations are at the heart of the trial, a former hillary clinton campaign attorney two months before the 2015 election, going to the fbi and claiming that he had information linking the donald trump organization to a russian own bank with ties to the kremlin and of course the allegation was bogus. an opening statement, with the direction of special counsel said that michael sussman has a use of the fbi as a political tool to create an october surprise against then candidate donald trump with prosecutors adding that it was a plan that used as well as manipulated the fbi and one that they hoped would trigger the news outlets and trigger an fbi investigation and a plan largely that succeeded. the

it's not michael sussman or just james comey. j they're all part of this like this creature that has been developed for half a century, if not longeren. great.on what do you see? do you see an outcome here to where we can overcome as a people and as a nation this kind of corruption until we honor what is inscribed on the pediment of the united states supreme court? equal i justice under the law? j there are two systems of justice here. one for the privileged elite and most recently that's democrats who get a pass on everything and republicans who are persecuted and in some cases prosecuted. you. e i think it's a shame that it's come to this . but the media bears key responsibility here. they will never admit that they got the story fundamentally wrong. they so longg b they didn't care and hated donald trump. yes, they decided they wantedmp to believe that he was a russiane asset instead of actually doing their jobs exam ,knowing the facts and corroborating the evidence before reporting it, had they done it correctly, this wouldn'

closing arguments and the trial set to begin as the clinton campaign michael sussman declines to testify. >> todd: brooke singman live in washington, brooke. >> the government set to deliver closing arguments in the trial of michael sussman this morning, he decided not to testify in his defense and cooper reaching the instructions thursday and duty to determine what the facts are in the case. cooper said jurors should not be properly influenced by biases including political affiliations but former house intelligence committee devin nunes says there is reason to be concerned, listen. >> there is some trouble with some of the jurors in giving money to clinton and members of congress. you have one of the jurors with the relationship of some kind to sussman's family so very, very strange, but the evidence is pretty overwhelming. >> special counsel john terms team came armed with evidence, bills and receipts for jurors to see this week as they attempt to show sussman lied to the fbi when he wasn't bringing trump russia allegations on behalf of any client. he shows jurors an invoice and the bi

former clinton campaign attorne michael sussman is charged with lying to the fbi, specifically then fbi general counsel james baker when he came to baker in september of 2016 and said he had some information linking th trump organization to a russian bank called alpha bank with kremlin ties via a computer server drawn terms as the light is when he told baker he was delivering information on his own, not on behalf of any clien durham argues that sussman went on behalf of the clinton campaign and peddled the story to the media and closing arguments today, jurors saw billing evidence showing that sussman build the clinton campaign on the same day he met with the fbi. e-mails between sussman and reporters also shown to jurors. sussman's team told jurors via poster board, despite with the government said this was not a giant political conspiracy theory. the defense accused the government of using smoke and mirrors to distract from the facts. they sent baker the night befor that meeting doesn't matter. it's what sussman said to baker at the fbi headquarters and there are no notes or recording

former campaign michael sussman may testify in the durham probe trail with the facing line to the fbi. the judge to decide on that motion as early as today. >> carley: brooke singman live with details, good morning. speak with the campaign attorney michael sussman may testify as soon as today but the attorney said only under certain conditions. the defense may let him take the stand if judge christopher cooper agrees to keep the government from asking questions related to preindictment negotiations, john durham on wednesday armed with new evidence including emails, bills and receipts for jurors to see in another attempt to show that he lied to the fbi when he said he was not bringing trump russia allegations on behalf of a client. durham's team showed an invoice for the clinton campaign on the same day he met with the fbi. according to the evidence sussmann built a campaign 3.3 hours september 19, 2016 for "work and communications regarding confidential projects." september 19, 2016 the same day sussmann went to see fbi general counsel james baker claiming he had information of covert

sre>>orrupt, -- our legal system is corrupt, our country is going to hell, and michael sussman is not guilty -- th last part sarcastic. >> carrie johnson of npr, always good to see you. thank you. >> my pleasure. judy: let's return now to the aftermath of the shootings in uvalde, texas, and some of the questions the country is grappling with. as we reported, there will be funerals and memorials for the victims over the next two weeks. as the communities and families grieve, many are asking about the police response on that day and what should be done next. >> over the weekend, the u.s. apartment of justice announced it is launching an investigation of the law enforcement response to the uvalde shooting. to learn more about why that is important, i'm joined by the professor at the harvard kennedy school of government and former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. she is also author of a new book called "the devil never sleeps: learning to live in an age of disasters." thanks for being with us. this department of justice probe we think will start soon. why do we

the question is what michael sussman did illegal is for the jury to find out. this trial expected to take about two weeks. >> bill: good setup there, thank you. dagen, "wall street journal" writes this today. headline john durham goes to court. a line from that piece. the narrow prosecution of the little known mr. sussman has allowed for a focus on the bigger story. stay tuned for a flood of more information coming out of the trial that on its face is about one lawyer but the reality the continuing tale of one of the dirtiest tricks in modern u.s. history. the story happened in january of 2017. it is may of 2022. i don't know what the trial will show but we'll wait and see whether or not it leads somewhere. >> dagen: i'm a vor arabous consumer of everything kim strassel writes. even though there haven't been charges against the other players in this scandal that the super lawyer no longer heading his elite law firm. christopher steele done. f.b.i. rot exposed. hillary clinton tarnished and all of their involvement. so there has been pain by all the players, if

a bombshell revelation at the michael sussman trial. campaign manager testifying under oath that the democratic nationally personally approving giving allegations to journalists. plus franklin graham montour of the uk. on why he is being -- he said his message is really about the first pick another blow to the biden demonstration after a federal judge alters vital tort fortitude to stay in place for now. joining us now from our newsroo with the very latest on that. >> it has been in place for mor than two years it looks like fo now that title 42 will be aroun even longer. the biden ministration plan to roll back the order on monday but a federal judge in louisian has decided otherwise. and the judge cited with 24 states and said the states proved would cause immediate an irreparable harm. judge roberts several hayes -- processing facilities that woul then lead to increased costs fo healthcare and schools. keeping title 42 employees is masking chaos at the border for the ruling is still welcome news . expect i think that everybody i brea

in any case the fbi new that clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman was representing a client, likely hillary's campaign when sussman met with the fbi in the fall, september of 2015. the sussman case is lying to the fbi, covering up that he was representing any client. so is this really a silver bullet victory, kind of plus for the sussman team? >> well you have to keep -- not necessarily but you have to keep in mind they knew at the fbi and they knew at the doj that sussman was essentially a democratic operative, that he and his law firm, perkins coie were doing work for the dnc and for hillary. it is pry sighsly because they knew that, that when sussman came to his buddy james baker at the fbi, the general counsel, and said i've got some information for you, baker apparently asked him, are you here as a good citizen or are you here representing a client? and according to what durham believes sussman told baker, no, i'm just here, i'm not here in the capacity of representing any of thigh my typical clients. i'm here as a good citizen. we know that happened because durham revealed sev

in the durham case in this prosecution that is going on with michael sussman, the judge ruled the fusion gps has to hand over 22 of these emails. it seems like, and i don't want to interpret him or guess what he is doing, but it seems like he might be getting the whole story, one that we have known for years now. >> i think you are right. every new piece of information we get is good for the american people. we just have to -- the big story for "the wall street journal" said that the dossier was completely made up, completely out of thin air put together. we knew that a long time ago, sean, and we've been talking about it for years. every new piece of information they get is helpful to exposing just how this was a complete charade from the get-go. >> sean: are we ever going to get this durham report? do we ever get it? we should've had it before the 2020 election. >> he's being thorough, but let's hope it's sooner rather than later. >> sean: congressman, thank you. chris, thank you. we will take a quick break. morris b25 straight ahead as we continue. ♪ ♪ during world war two, most o

because michael sussman is charged with flying, but to prove somebody is lying, you also have to prove what the truth is. in the truth is what the clinton campaign was using their influence and power to lie to the fbi to get the fbi to investigate the political opponents, which really should be one of the biggest scandals if not the biggest scandal in political history. but back to your point. i do believe he believes it is a very strong case. my understanding is they have building records that this defendant build the clinton campaign through a law firm for the time he spent with the fbi pretending to provide us information for all touristic reasons, which, in fact cynical, political dirty politics as worst. >> ashley: jonathan dominic jonathan fahey we appreciate you getting up early on a monday morning, we appreciate your insight, thank you. >> thank you. >> ashley: a new poll 9% approve of joe biden's dome xp when the resident getting low marks as the white house faces increasing pressure over the baby formula shortage. look who's got on "fox & friends first," live in washington, r