More On: Hillary Clinton
Why Chelsea Clinton, as first daughter, wanted to 'fade into the background'
Hillary Clinton posts a picture of herself dancing in support of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin
Hillary Clinton: Transgenderism shouldn't be the main issue for Democrats
Truth about Trump's cyberassassins
Durham claims there is 'no basis' to remove the 'factual background' from the submission and rejects any desire to 'politicize' the Sussmann case
Hillary Clinton, the twice-failed presidential candidate, has replied to a bombshell revelation saying that her 2016 presidential campaign paid to spy on President Donald Trump.
Clinton rushed to Twitter to reply to a piece from the left-wing publication Vanity Fair, which backed Clinton while simultaneously labeling Trump a "moron."
"Trump and Fox are feverishly concocting a phony controversy to divert from his genuine ones." So it's a day that finishes with the letter Y. The more his wrongdoings are revealed, the more they lie. "Here's an excellent refutation of their newest nonsense for people interested in facts," Clinton tweeted.
Trump & Fox are desperately spinning up a fake scandal to distract from his real ones. So it's a day that ends in Y.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 16, 2022
The more his misdeeds are exposed, the more they lie.
For those interested in reality, here's a good debunking of their latest nonsense.https://t.co/iYY8Uxuogx
A reporter questioned Clinton late Tuesday about the explosive allegation.
A reporter from The Daily Mail questioned Clinton about Special Counsel John Durham's court papers, but she entirely disregarded the inquiries.
“Hillary Clinton refused to answer questions about allegations that her allies spied on the Trump campaign as the controversy continued to engulf her Tuesday,” The Daily Mail reported. “Exclusive pictures and video obtained by DailyMail.com show a stoney faced Clinton silently waving away repeated questions of whether she spied on Donald Trump.”
WATCH:
Hillary Clinton Asked Directly To Her Face If She Spied On Donald Trump As President— Her Reaction Says It All
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 15, 2022
pic.twitter.com/nKIw0F6ULB
Durham said in a court filing that lawyers for the Clinton campaign paid a tech company to “infiltrate” servers belonging to Trump Tower and the Trump White House in an effort to establish a “narrative” linking Trump to Russia.
The revelation was made in a court filing late last week that centered on potential conflicts of interest connected to the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who has been charged with allegedly lying to the FBI.
The bombshell news was first reported by Fox News:
Durham filed a motion on Feb. 11 focused on potential conflicts of interest related to the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who has been charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Sussman has pleaded not guilty.
The indictment against Sussman says he told then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in September 2016, less than two months before the 2016 presidential election, that he was not doing work “for any client” when he requested and held a meeting in which he presented “purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communications channel” between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which has ties to the Kremlin.
In the February 11 filing in a section titled “Factual Background,” Durham said that Sussman “had assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients, including a technology executive (Tech Executive 1) at a U.S.-based internet company (Internet Company 1) and the Clinton campaign.”
It said that Sussman’s “billing records reflect” that he “repeatedly billed the Clinton Campaign for his work on the Russian Bank-1 allegations.”
The filing showed that the Tech Executive and Sussman met and talked to another law partner, who was serving as General Counsel to the Clinton campaign. That attorney, sources said, is Marc Elias, who worked at the law firm Perkins Coie.
Durham’s filing states that in July 2016, the tech executive worked with Sussman, a U.S. investigative firm retained by Law Firm 1 on behalf of the Clinton campaign, numerous cyber researchers, and employees at multiple internet companies to “assemble the purported data and white papers.”
“In connection with these efforts, Tech Executive-1 exploited his access to non-public and/or proprietary Internet data,” the filing said. “Tech Executive-1 also enlisted the assistance of researchers at a U.S.-based university who were receiving and analyzing large amounts of Internet data in connection with a pending federal government cybersecurity research contract.”
“Tech Executive-1 tasked these researchers to mine Internet data to establish ‘an inference’ and ‘narrative’ tying then-candidate Trump to Russia,” Durham said. “In doing so, Tech Executive-1 indicated that he was seeking to please certain ‘VIPs,’ referring to individuals at Law Firm-1 and the Clinton campaign.”
