The case against Michael Sussmann is the first trial arising from the ongoing investigation by special counsel John Durham. An acquittal is likely to hasten questions about the Durham probe's purpose and cost. A guilty verdict will almost certainly energize Trump supporters who have long looked to Durham to expose what they see as biased mistreatment of the former president.

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Lawyer charged with lying to FBI in Russia probe faces trial

A federal trial is set to begin for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign

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A federal trial begins Monday for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016.

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By Jan Wolfe and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON - A lawyer who worked on Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign faces a criminal trial this week on charges of lying to the FBI in a crucial test for a special prosecutor appointed during President Donald Trump's administration. A federal judge in the District of Columbia will seat a jury on Monday in the politically charged case of

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Trump-era special prosecutor takes ex-Clinton campaign lawyer to trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties  between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. 

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Jury selected for trial of lawyer charged with lying to FBI

A jury has been picked in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016

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Michael Sussmann, a former lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, is set to go on trial Monday for a single charge of lying to the FBI, as part of Special Counsel John Durham's three-year investigation of the Trump-Russia investigation.  

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Trial of Clinton campaign lawyer relitigates 2016 election fights

A slew of current and former FBI officials are slated to take the stand in a trial set to begin Monday of former Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann, offering testimony that could lay bare the FBI’s eagerness to seize on unverified anti-Trump political dirt.

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Durham prosecution of Clinton campaign lawyer Sussmann also puts FBI on trial

 Michael Sussmann will become the first defendant to stand trial as the result of special counsel John Durham’s inquiry Monday.

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Trial opens in Trump-Russia case of  Hillary Clinton’s ‘Alfa Bank’ lawyer

Michael Sussmann is charged with one count of lying to investigators, but legal teams on both sides plan to call notable figures from the 2016 election.

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Trump-era special counsel John Durham faces first test in trial of lawyer with ties to Clinton campaign

A trial over whether a lawyer with ties to the Democratic Party lied to the FBI in 2016 is set to begin on Monday in what could be the first major test for John Durham, the special counsel appointe…

Trump-era special prosecutor takes ex-Clinton campaign lawyer to trial

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