Moral of the Durham trials: Jurors won't convict sources if the FBI wanted their bait
The jury might very well conclude the FBI mishandled the Russia case, the veteran prosecutor declared Monday in his closing argument. "The government is not here to defend the FBI's performance in these matters," he added. Such comments gave license to jurors to acquit, as they did in the end.
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The tales of deceit, duplicity and disinformation, in the end, were too much for jurors to hold the two informers to the FBI — Sussmann and Danchenko — to account.
The forewoman for the Sussmann trial said prosecutors may have shown Sussmann lied but the jury felt it was a waste of their time to hold a trial. A juror for the Danchenko trial said jurors were mostly unanimous in acquitting Danchenko.
The moral of the story of the Durham trials is simple: jurors won't convict an FBI informer for providing the bureau a story that the bureau seemed to want even in the face of contradictory evidence.
Durham gave conservatives part of what they wanted, an airing of the FBI's stunning failures and misconduct in the politically tinged probe. But in the end Durham did not deliver a guilty verdict or the sort of accountability conservatives wanted, just the narrative.
And Washington is left with the continuing divide about what to make of Russiagate: conservatives are more convinced than ever that it was a deep state plot to get Donald Trump, while liberals see some smoke from the evidence but without the fire of convictions.
The next step, many experts have told Just the News, is to wait for Durham's final report, assuming he is finished with prosecutions.
And it's still higher than anything they've thrown at Trump. Ain't that right, booboo!! LMAO!!!Durham - batting 000.00% LOL.
And it's still higher than anything they've thrown at Trump. Ain't that right, booboo!! LMAO!!!
But you keep right on believing the criminals in DC...It says EVERYTHING about your crappy character...
Maybe, but I was actually amused he thought you had any character.A swing and a miss!
Matches your IQ.Durham - batting 000.00% LOL.
Sussmann was already given a pass at trial.Durham also revealed he has unearthed a text message showing Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann falsely told the FBI he was not working on behalf of any client when he delivered now-discredited anti-Trump research in the lead-up to the 2016 election. In fact, he was working for the Clinton campaign and another client, prosecutors say.
The existence of the text message between Sussmann and then-FBI General Counsel James Baker was revealed in a court filing late Monday night by Durham's team. Prosecutors said they intend to show Sussmann gave a false story to the FBI but then told the truth about working on behalf of the Clinton campaign when he later testified to Congress.
I bet you are, Bubbas whore 100% guilty,Ruh-roh.
Lots of unhappy campers.
Well, that's just it - to you, me and just about anyone who's been in the weeds picking through this stuff - we know now it's kind of common knowledge it was all oppo research and peddling by Hillary. This is well known and documented but like the Paul is Dead thing - people will KEEP BELIEVING TRUMP was a Russian plant - period. Just like they think Palin said she could see Russia from her house, they believe he was put there by the Russians, and Hillary continues to cash in on that sentiment by saying he was an illegitimate President.