Clustered events of the past few days appear to be a clear signal that John Durham is over the target—and the Dem Establishment is alarmed. That’s putting it politely. Aaron Maté, coincidentally but effectively, identifies the cause of the alarm. John Durham’s indictment of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann—with the clear implication that Durham is also closing in on Dem election law super lawyer Marc Elias—revealed that Durham is going for the big fish in the Russia Hoax conspiracy. I doubt that Durham’s focus came as a surprise to either Sussmann or Elias. Perhaps they were hoping against hope that they could slip out of Durham’s net, but more likely they were holding fire in order to lauch their response once the inevitable came to pass:
Am I correct in inferring that if the emails to/from FusionGPS, which Durham obtained, and which were listed in a "privilege log" of Sussmann's comms, it implies Durham has penetrated the "privilege"?
Fusion can't waive the privilege because Fusion isn't the client; they are a contractor hired by PC, on behalf of Hillary's campaign (the client.) And if Sussmann/FusionGPS comms are attorney "work product" again, Fusion cannot unilaterally turn them over to Durham.
IOW, does this logically imply Durham's only way of obtaining these emails between Sussmann and Fusion would be if the attorney/client privilege is penetrated by something like the crime /fraud exception?
And the existence of a "privilege log" itself implies there was a subpoena, and that it must have been ruled on by a court in Durham's favor?
He makes the significant observation that Durham would not have gone to the extent he did in subpoenaing documents and witnesses to a Grand Jury, as revealed by his Opposition filing, if everything the Georgia Tech researchers did re the Alfa Bank DNS allegations were legal and proper.
>> "Gonna go out on a limb and suggest Durham has all the chips and is in control. At this point he's just letting people know they can make it easy or make it hard.
He referred to his own indictment, as a "speaking indictment", as if to say, "yup". <<
>> If you doubt this, read Sussmanns wining diatribe begging for a bill of particulars side by side next to Durhams reply and ask yourself who's really calling the shots here. <<
When Durham re-surfaced recently, we all speculated whether he would be allowed to complete his work. Now it appears that he will, but that he will be undercut every step of the way, with miscreants pardoned and rehabilitated in the public eye until the entire miasma disappears into what that chump Andrew McCarthy might call a "Ball of Confusion." Already, even those of us who have followed this for years feel our eyes glazing over. With McCabe pocketing $700K and having his record wiped clean ("You mean, like with a cloth?") it begins to look like this is all just the Final Act in the play titled, "Yes, there is a Deep State but there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop us. Get f***ed, America."
Nixon found out that the cover-up can be worse than the crime. All this fancy maneuvering involves more shady dealings, and the media is up to its eyeballs in this. Then there is Arizona, and a bunch of other States as well. What I want to know is, what does President Trump know and what can he prove. They are kicking the sleeping lion, and I'm not sure he is asleep. Yes, there is a war going on.
Looking for those 'good rank and file FBI agents' make me think of Abraham interceding for Sodom: Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once: suppose ten [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”
Reading about the Deripaska raid this a.m. on CFP was a tweet from Peter Strzok no less, who tries to link Deripaska to Paul Manafort but is swatted away by Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) who mentions that Deripaska was also employed by Christopher Steele.
Strzok emerging now seems unusual if he is, as some surmise, cooperating with Durham.
using the faux interview to portray Elias's work as "pro-democracy" allows anyone subsequently "attacking" Elias to be declared as "anti-democracy."
An indictment of Elias by Durham will thus be treated like an invasion of the Halls of Congress by drunken 6 Jan demonstrators -- an "anti-democratic insurrection."
Durham is about to get the same treatment Starr did when he dropped the Stained Blue Dress report on Bill Clinton. He will be accused of charging Elias because Elias is such an effective "defender" of electoral democracy, and Durham is thus a partisan stooge of the Democracy-hating Evil Trump - GOP.
Humor:
>> https://twitter.com/bhweingarten/status/1451226897719992324 <<
Belaboring the obvious.
check this detail out from Durham's filing:
>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCPkGwLXsAcenRI?format=jpg&name=large <<
Am I correct in inferring that if the emails to/from FusionGPS, which Durham obtained, and which were listed in a "privilege log" of Sussmann's comms, it implies Durham has penetrated the "privilege"?
Fusion can't waive the privilege because Fusion isn't the client; they are a contractor hired by PC, on behalf of Hillary's campaign (the client.) And if Sussmann/FusionGPS comms are attorney "work product" again, Fusion cannot unilaterally turn them over to Durham.
IOW, does this logically imply Durham's only way of obtaining these emails between Sussmann and Fusion would be if the attorney/client privilege is penetrated by something like the crime /fraud exception?
And the existence of a "privilege log" itself implies there was a subpoena, and that it must have been ruled on by a court in Durham's favor?
Latest analysis by Techno-Fog of the Durham's Opposition to Motion for Bill of Particulars:
>> https://technofog.substack.com/p/john-durham-gears-up-against-the <<
He makes the significant observation that Durham would not have gone to the extent he did in subpoenaing documents and witnesses to a Grand Jury, as revealed by his Opposition filing, if everything the Georgia Tech researchers did re the Alfa Bank DNS allegations were legal and proper.
Worth reading the whole thing.
DOJ is corrupt through and through. Needs to be gutted to the studs. Maybe swapout every east coast law school graduate with a law school graduate from Nebraska or Montana. https://mobile.twitter.com/PandaTribune/status/1451224271854919691
An interesting, if minor catch ...
>> https://twitter.com/TheDurhamReport/status/1451033361275891712 <<
>>Minor point, but Durham seems to have added a little more context today.
In Sussmann’s indictment (p. 10), Durham previously stated “…that would please certain VIP’s”.
In today’s filing, he adds, “‘VIPs’, referring to individuals at [PC] & the Clinton Campaign.” (p. 3) <<
Jeff Carlson then points out Joffe was already working with Sussmann at PC, so that leaves ....
;-)
Apparently, I'm not the only one getting this sense:
>> https://twitter.com/Larry_Beech/status/1450997553760292864 <<
>> https://twitter.com/Larry_Beech/status/1451004630436024325 <<
>> "Gonna go out on a limb and suggest Durham has all the chips and is in control. At this point he's just letting people know they can make it easy or make it hard.
He referred to his own indictment, as a "speaking indictment", as if to say, "yup". <<
>> If you doubt this, read Sussmanns wining diatribe begging for a bill of particulars side by side next to Durhams reply and ask yourself who's really calling the shots here. <<
More on Sussmann:
>> https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1450945231440986114 <<
>> https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1450946437836070913 <<
GJ subpoenaed docs from 15 people/entities, 6000 total docs totaling 81K pages.
Declassified material coming from 30 reports of interviews by Durham's investigation, plus GJ testimony.
It refers to an "FBI AD." Do we know who this refers to? McCabe? Rosenstein?
Looks to me like Durham has made a long list, and has checked it twice. Santa will be pleased.
This just in ... on the Alfa Bank civil litigation:
>> https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1450954426798256131 <<
IIRC, you can only invoke the 5th Amendment protection against self-incrimination when there is a reasonable likelihood of facing criminal charges.
IOW, Alfa Bank is "over the target" with the phony-baloney DNS data, and so is Durham ... just as we suspected.
Two houses owned by Deripaska family members were searched; one NYC, one DC. Sanctions-related.
>> https://twitter.com/15poundstogo/status/1450534021461651464 <<
Speculation is he would not own property in US because of sanctions (or potential for them.) Family may be cut-outs.
When Durham re-surfaced recently, we all speculated whether he would be allowed to complete his work. Now it appears that he will, but that he will be undercut every step of the way, with miscreants pardoned and rehabilitated in the public eye until the entire miasma disappears into what that chump Andrew McCarthy might call a "Ball of Confusion." Already, even those of us who have followed this for years feel our eyes glazing over. With McCabe pocketing $700K and having his record wiped clean ("You mean, like with a cloth?") it begins to look like this is all just the Final Act in the play titled, "Yes, there is a Deep State but there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop us. Get f***ed, America."
Nixon found out that the cover-up can be worse than the crime. All this fancy maneuvering involves more shady dealings, and the media is up to its eyeballs in this. Then there is Arizona, and a bunch of other States as well. What I want to know is, what does President Trump know and what can he prove. They are kicking the sleeping lion, and I'm not sure he is asleep. Yes, there is a war going on.
Sundance has a take --> https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/19/fbi-raids-dc-home-of-oleg-deripaska-chris-steeles-former-employer-and-central-player-in-corrupt-fbi-operation-against-donald-trump/
Looking for those 'good rank and file FBI agents' make me think of Abraham interceding for Sodom: Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once: suppose ten [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”
If only it were so...
Reading about the Deripaska raid this a.m. on CFP was a tweet from Peter Strzok no less, who tries to link Deripaska to Paul Manafort but is swatted away by Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) who mentions that Deripaska was also employed by Christopher Steele.
Strzok emerging now seems unusual if he is, as some surmise, cooperating with Durham.
It may be necessary for Durham to hold out through Election 2022. Barring dramatic socio-political-economic developments, which can't be counted out.
using the faux interview to portray Elias's work as "pro-democracy" allows anyone subsequently "attacking" Elias to be declared as "anti-democracy."
An indictment of Elias by Durham will thus be treated like an invasion of the Halls of Congress by drunken 6 Jan demonstrators -- an "anti-democratic insurrection."
Durham is about to get the same treatment Starr did when he dropped the Stained Blue Dress report on Bill Clinton. He will be accused of charging Elias because Elias is such an effective "defender" of electoral democracy, and Durham is thus a partisan stooge of the Democracy-hating Evil Trump - GOP.