Durham: Five Witnesses Connected to the Clinton Campaign’s False Russian Claims Have Refused to Cooperate Under the Fifth Amendment

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by Jonathan Turley

Special Counsel John Durham continues to drop bombshells in filings in the prosecution of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann. Just last week, Durham defeated an effort by Sussmann to dismiss the charges.  He is now moving to give immunity to a key witness while revealing that the claims made by the Clinton campaign were viewed by the CIA as “not technically plausible” and “user created.” He also revealed that at least five of the former Clinton campaign contractors/researchers have invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to cooperate in fear that they might incriminate themselves in criminal conduct. Finally, Durham offers further details on the involvement of Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias and former British spy Christopher Steele in the alleged false claims.
 
Recently, Durham revealed extremely damaging evidence against Sussmann. However, this is the first full description of the Clinton associates refusing to cooperate under the Fifth Amendment. Durham noted that he gave immunity to an individual identified only as “Research 2.” He then noted that this was made necessary by the refusal to cooperate by key Clinton associates:

“The only witness currently immunized by the government, Researcher-2, was conferred with that status on July 28, 2021 – over a month prior to the defendant’s Indictment in this matter. And the Government immunized Researcher-2 because, among other reasons, at least five other witnesses who conducted work relating to the Russian Bank-1 allegations invoked (or indicated their intent to invoke) their right against self-incrimination. The Government therefore pursued Researcher-2’s immunity in order to uncover otherwise-unavailable facts underlying the opposition research project that Tech Executive-1 and others carried out in advance of the defendant’s meeting with the FBI.”

[Emphasis added] For his part, Sussmann and the Clinton associates have sought to use attorney-client privilege to keep evidence from Durham.
 
Durham also detailed how the false Russian collusion claims related to Alfa Bank involved Clinton General Counsel Marc Elias and Christopher Steele. Indeed, the new requested immunized testimony would come from a Tech executive who allegedly can share information on meetings with Elias and Steele.
 
The Alfa Bank hoax and Sussmann’s efforts paralleled the work of his partner Elias at the law firm Perkins Coie in pushing the Steele Dossier in a separate debunked collusion claim.  The Federal Election Commission recently fined the Clinton Campaign and the DNC for hiding the funding of the dossier as a legal cost by Elias at Perkins Coie.

“Durham notes that both the CIA and FBI were sent on an effective wild goose chase by the Clinton campaign. He notes that the government found the allegations to be manufactured and not even technically possible.  He refers to the CIA in the following passage:
 
Agency-2 concluded in early 2017 that the Russian Bank-1 data and Russian Phone Provider-1 data was not “technically plausible,” did not “withstand technical scrutiny,” “contained gaps,” “conflicted with [itself],” and was “user created and not machine/tool generated.”

This dovetails with the statements of the Clinton associates themselves who were worried about the lack of support for the Russian collusion claims.  “Researcher 1” features prominently in those exchanges.
 
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According to Durham, the Alfa Bank allegation fell apart even before Sussmann delivered it to the FBI. The indictment details how an unnamed “tech executive” allegedly used his authority at multiple internet companies to help develop the ridiculous claim. (The executive reportedly later claimed that he was promised a top cyber security job in the Clinton administration). Notably, there were many who expressed misgivings not only within the companies working on the secret project but also among unnamed “university researchers” who repeatedly said the argument was bogus.
 
The researchers were told they should not be looking for proof but just enough to “give the base of a very useful narrative.” The researchers argued, according to the indictment, that anyone familiar with analyzing internet traffic “would poke several holes” in that narrative, noting that what they saw likely “was not a secret communications channel with Russian Bank-1, but ‘a red herring,’” according to the indictment.
 
“Researcher-1” repeated these doubts, the indictment says, and asked, “How do we plan to defend against the criticism that this is not spoofed traffic we are observing? There is no answer to that. Let’s assume again that they are not smart enough to refute our ‘best case scenario.’ You do realize that we will have to expose every trick we have in our bag to even make a very weak association.”

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The outcome to this is predetermined. A few minor players for the Clinton campaign will be the scapegoats and will go down with slaps on the wrist. Hillary, even though she was at the top of the criminal conspiracy on her end, will skate like she always has. The criminals in the government who played along with the criminal conspiracy, will be made out to be the poor, innocent victims of those who are scapegoated. The only ones in government who were honest about this from the start were Nunes and the Republicans on the House Intel Committee. Schitthead and the dems on that committee were part of the conspiracy. Ditto for everyone on the Senate Intel Committee from both parties as they covered up for the corrupt and criminal intelligence apparatus who were part of the fraud. If Durham were to really do his job, he’d bring down the entire Deep State, including members of Congress, and that will never happen.

And unfortunately, Democrats do not care about corruption in government. Many realize that’s the only way Democrat power survives and they have lost sight of what government is supposed to provide; they just want to see “their side” in power, no matter how disastrous it is.

Yep, It’s all about power and control to them. Totalitarians in every sense of the word.

Hillary screamed “If that f__king bastard (Donald Trump) wins, we all hang from nooses.”
She wanted Matt Lauer fired for the unscripted question Matt asked during a forum.
Of course her underlings take “the Fifth.”
She’s suicided closer people to her than any of them.

I always wondered what Lauer did to suddenly and mysteriously have some “sexual” offense leveled against him.

The liberal media must behave. There will be consequences if they don’t properly serve the left.

He is now moving to give immunity to a key witness while revealing that the claims made by the Clinton campaign were viewed by the CIA as “not technically plausible” and “user created.”

Gee, I wonder why none of those “intel professionals” never spoke up and stated publicly that the allegations were all trash? Is bullshit classified information now?

Isn’t there another amendment to protect them like, “I refuse to testify as it might get me murdered by Hillary.”?

The researchers were told they should not be looking for proof but just enough to “give the base of a very useful narrative.” 

In other words, concoct a believable lie. Those not specifically knowledgeable about how internet works won’t see through the lie. That’s the Democrat way; LIE, LIE, LIE. Lie your asses off because the Democrats don’t offer any TRUTH that appeals to the majority of Americans.

Those that chose not to cooperate have a big problem now.