Durham Is Said to Seek Indictment of Lawyer at Firm With Democratic Ties
Source: New York Times
The lawyer, Michael Sussmann, is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a 2016 meeting about Trump and Russia. He denies wrongdoing.
WASHINGTON — John H. Durham, the special counsel appointed by the Trump administration to scrutinize the Russia investigation, has told the Justice Department that he will ask a grand jury to indict a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on a charge of making a false statement to the F.B.I., people familiar with the matter said.
Any indictment of the lawyer — Michael Sussmann, a former federal prosecutor and now a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm, and who represented the Democratic National Committee on issues related to Russia’s 2016 hacking of its servers — is likely to attract significant political attention.
Donald J. Trump and his supporters have long accused Democrats and Perkins Coie — whose political law group, a division separate from Mr. Sussmann’s, represented the party and the Hillary Clinton campaign — of seeking to stoke unfair suspicions about Mr. Trump’s purported ties to Russia.
The case against Mr. Sussmann centers on the question of who his client was when he conveyed certain suspicions about Mr. Trump and Russia to the F.B.I. in September 2016. Among other things, investigators have examined whether Mr. Sussmann was secretly working for the Clinton campaign — which he denies.
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If it had been just once and awhile, I wouldn't have paid that much attention, but more and more it was happening pretty much every night.
I agree, there have been stories I was and still am interested in, but 20 to 30 minutes of meandering and repetition is just too much. This sort of approach probably works very well in a high school or college classroom, but not on a news show. It is also commonly used on news magazine shows like Dateline, where they stretch a 30 minute story into one hour.
As for the "turn the channel" folks, obviously that is what we are doing. Still I feel like it is a loss, as there was a time when I really enjoyed Rachel's show, a time when there was less repetition, giggling, and animated hand gestures. Sometimes, I really want a professional, polished delivery, plus some actual news. The rest of the time, I can watch Stephen Colbert or Seth Meyers. 
that “repetition” style I would have lost most of those folks within minutes. I always try to make the point one time clearly, and then maybe BRIEFLY touch on it for context through the class. And you called it, the giggling and histrionics are insufferable. It’s Chris Hayes, Brianna Keiler, and Nicole Wallace for me. It doesn’t matter how important your topic, if your delivery alienates your listeners. 
