michael sussmann did not take notes. he has three hours billed to the clinton campaign from michael sussmann. that specific day he met the fbi. jurors thought that evidence was not strong enough. we spoken to legal experts, all on fox news who said they would not be shocked if michael sussmann was acquitted because he has a d.c. jury. >> harris: quickly, what is the status now? you got james baker who had no notes and inconsistent memory? i wonder what next steps really look like at this point? >> reporter: the over all durham investigation began in 2019. john durham, at the time, he was u.s. attorney in connecticut. he resigned a year later. he's been investigating the origins of this entire trump russian narrative, where did it start and who started it. we know it turned out to be false the narrative. in 2020, john durham charged an fbi attorney by the name of kevin kleinsmith for altering a fisa warrant to be able to do surveillance on a trump campaign. a carter paige. kevin kleinsmith bleeded guilty to -- pleaded gui

michael sussmann is charged with lying to the fbi. there are text messages where michael sussmann says he was bringing the information on his own as a concerned citizen, not on behalf of any clients. special counsel john durham says his team has evidence that michael sussmann billed hillary clinton's campaign for that meeting. they hope to prove michael sussmann used law enforcement to impact donald trump's campaign in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election. >> it's a really sad day, i think, for the fbi and to see and remember their motto is, fidelity, bravery and integrity. today we witnessed zero integrity, zero bravery. >> brooke: the government is expected to wrap up witness testimony by wednesday. it is unclear if michael sussmann himself will take the stand in his own defense. >> todd: we will see. thank you. now that we know hillary clintson played a role, emily compagno talked about mueller not includeing that in his special report. >> emily: we footd that bill, they produced three separate reports that said we can't prove

even today he crossed over to the aisle to make smalltalk with michael sussmann's defense team as michael sussmann just sat stoically a few feet away. bret? >> bret: all right. we will now wait for the jury. thank you. we will get analysis from george washington university law school professor jonathan turley. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> bret: we followed this every day. what do you look at here? what's your assessment of it? >> well, the evidence is overwhelming, the defense really didn't lay a glove on the evidence, there is a very damning he text message the day before this meeting where sussmann says that i expressly says i'm not here representing a client, i'm just coming forth basically a citizen. the durham prosecution team made really short work of that and showed that he was billing for that time and he was intimately involved in the creation and distribution of the alpha bank scandal, which proved to be completely groundless. but there were moments of the trial that were really quiet breathtaking. i mean, you could see what durham is up against. at one point he ask

he never met with michael sussmann but was briefed on his visit. he said he had evidence of a secret communications back channel between the trump organization and a russian bank with ties to the kremlin. sussmann said he was delivering the information on his own as a concerned citizen, not on behalf of any clients including clinton campaign. special counsel john durham says, martha, his team has evidence showing that sussmann billed the clinton campaign for that fbi meeting. prestep took notes after james baker back in september 2016 told him about his personal meeting with michael sussmann. but he told the jury he does not recall much from that meeting. even his own notes, could not given specific details. the testimony today nothing like it was on friday when former clinton campaign manager robby mook told the jury that his boss, hillary clinton, in 2016 approved giving the unvetted trump organization russia bank story to the media even though it wasn't 100% solid. the former president telling fox digital over the weekend for three years i had to

you think he can persuade this jury that michael sussmann lied to the fbi? what you saw this week was pretty clear. i think the three key pieces of evidence that i took away, you have the text from sussmann to the fbi general counsel saying that he's come in as a good samaritan. not on behalf of anybody. secondly, you have the information of baker himself who not only his testimony, but he says he's 100% sure that's what sussmann told him and other notes added to that. and then on the back side, you have the testimony that he gave to our committee, the house republicans when we conducted this investigation when he said he went on behalf of a client. so he was lying to congress or lying to the fbi. it's clear cut here. there was lots of other exciting things that came out in the trail that i think we'll have to grab the popcorn for. >> martha: one of the other interesting details here, they brought in someone yesterday that went through the payments and he was paid on that day for i think it was three hours of work. he build hillary clinton's campaign after s

and michael sussmann takes it to the fbi and the clinton campaign was financing it all. w where the agent that day when sussmann hands over the thumb drives to not just anyone at the fbi but the chief counsel of the fbi, jim baker, knew this was baloney from the get-go. one of the key questions i had is who told sussmann to go to the fbi? did he do it out of the goodness of his heart? was it hillary clinton? who from the campaign. was it mark elias? did mark elias say go to the fbi and did they also tell them don't tell them who you're working for? i think that's an important question the country deserves an answer to. >> martha: that is an important question. whether or not we will get that answer, we don't know. we know some of the e-mails that durham requested that were back and forth between elias and others may possibly contain some of that information. we don't know. here's another interesting thing that came out in the courtroom today. it showed the evidence chain of these thumb drives. it went -- the first name was james baker who you just discussed. the other nam

yesterday and federal prosecutors unleashed opening arguments and said ex-clinton campaign attorney michael sussmanno open investigation as an october surprise right before the 2016 election and said sussmann showed data about covert operation between trump administration and alpha. the fbi found his data was bogus. >> the fbi cyber investigator who leads a team of cyber investigators said they looked into the allegations that president trump was secretly communicating with a russian bank and thought the allegations made no sense they were so far out of reach and the counter intelligence leader, which was led by peter struck picked it up and decided to move forward with the investigation. >> brooke: michael sussmann is charged with making a false statement to the fbi, saying he was not doing work for any client. prosecutors say he billed the clinton campaign for his sitdown with the fbi. michael sussmann defense argues the fbi was aware he worked for the clinton campaign and still took the meeting. continuing today with james baker, who is expected to testify. >> todd: that will be fascinating. matt

. ♪ ♪ >> carley: new evidence coming to life against exclinton lawyer michael sussmann.ssmann's lie in writing. >> todd: brooke singman joins us now. >> brooke: that particular message coming from the central witness in this case, general counsel, james baker. his meeting with defendant michael sussmann in 2015 sparked allegations of connection between the trump organization and russia. message reads, jim, it is michael sussmann, i have something time sensitive and sensitive i need to discuss, do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow. i'm coming on my own, not on behalf of a company. i want to help the bureau. michael sussmann provided data and white papers allegedly linking trump organization to the alpha bank. the fbi found the data to be bogus. michael sussmann claims he came forward not on behalf of a client issue but as a citizen worried about national security. durham says they have -- billed the clinton administration for that meeting. and mark elias telling jurors he personally hired fusion gps to dig up evidence on donald trump. fusion gps discredit

jurors deliberating in the trial of michael sussmann.ks of testimony and after sussmann himself declined to testify. jonathan turley in just a moment on the first courtroom test for john durham's investigation. but first, to david spunt here in washington with the latest. >> david: the government argued not only did michael sussmann lie to the fbi, he gave the lie to the media hoping to run a story about donald trump before the election. michael sussmann charged, and james baker, he came to baker in 2016 and said he had information linking the trump organization to a russian bank with kremlin ties. special counsel durham says the lie is when sussmann told baker he was delivering information on his own, not on behalf of any clients, durham argues sussmann went on behalf of the clinton campaign and then gave the story to the media. september 18, 2016, sussmann texted baker, jim, it's michael sussmann. i have something time sensitive and sensitive, i need to discuss, do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow, i'm coming on my ow

kash, let me turn now to this trial tomorrow of michael sussmann.ns and how you believe john durham is conducting this investigation. >> hey, maria, great to be with you. look, as a former national security prosecutor, i think john durham is doing the most methodical prosecution i've seen in recent history. and like we did when devin and i ran the russiagate hoax, best way to convict is with their own documentation, it's to follow the money. john durham connected the clinton the campaign with the lawyers of the fusion gps and the fbi, but what he's also done just revealed last week that he's going to put on display the notes from the fbi themselves. these notes were subpoenaed by chairman nunez and withheld from us during our investigation, but with john durham found them. ann andy mcif cape and peter strzok -- andy mccabe knew that it was full of lies and corruption paid for by the dnc and hillary clinton campaign. and i think john durham's going to put that on blast, and i think michael sussman's going to yet convicted at the epicenter of this ent

he now wants the jurors to hear about the intersection of clinton campaign lawyer michael sussmann'sone that is charged here, against president trump, and with that, christopher steele and his dirty disinformation dossier that hillary paid for. now during a pretrial hearing, one of durham's lawyers argued that the jurors should be made aware of a july 2016 meeting between sussmann and steele, calling it a probative -- calling it probative and relative end. this came on the heels of the presiding judge ruling in terms favor to review dozens of the records, which were withheld on claims of attorney-client privilege by hillary clinton's 2016 campaign to see if they were improperly concealed. here are the reaction, congressman jim jordan and fox news contributor jason chaffetz. jim, i will start with you. now durham wants jurors on this trial to know that clinton's attorney michael sussmann in 2016, they went about this intersection of his work against former president trump and that of author of the debunked steele dossier, and the judge rightly pointed out, this information was leaked

michael sussmann charged with lying to the fbi because he claimed he had evidence of a secret communication russian bank called alfa bank with ties to the kremlin. sussmann said he was delivering the information on his own as a concerned citizen, not on behalf with of any clients like the clinton campaign. but special counsel john durham says his team has evidence that sussmann later billed the clinton campaign. today on the stand, sandra, bill priestep, the former head of counter intelligence who took notes after fbi general counsel james baker told him about a meeting with michael sussmann, priestep said he does not recall much of the meeting, or could provide specific details, may be damaging to the government in the case. testimony nothing like it was on friday when the former clinton campaign manager mook casually told the jury that his boss, hillary clinton, approved giving the unveted trump organization story to the media even though it was not 100% solid, and admitted as evidence halloween of 2016, just days before the election clinton said computer scientists have apparently uncove

of the most crucial pieces of evidence in this trial against former clinton campaign attorney michael sussmannhn durham and his prosecution team, they rested their case earlier today. their final witness was a parallel for special counsel john durham. she discussed new evidence that clearly indicates sussmann billed his clients, the hillary clinton campaign, for 3.3 hours on september 19, 2016 for what was called a work and communications regarding confidential project. september 19, 2016, martha, is the same day that sussmann went to see fbi general counsel james baker at the fbi to tell him he had some ed of a secret back channel between the trump organization and russia. there's no reference to the 30-minute fbi meeting on that invoice. sussmann's attorneys say in the past when he met with the fbi on other subjects, he wrote the letters "fbi" on his invoices. sussmann's attorneys said it's possible that he spent three hours working on campaign items and rightfully billed the campaign. his attorneys argument the -- argue the fib meeting was separate. and you mentioned heide. he was involved

michael sussmann is charged with lying to the fbi when claiming he had evidence of a secret communicationsack channel between the trump organization and a russian bank with ties to the kremlin. sussmann, a former clinton campaign attorney claims he was delivering the information on his owns a a concerned citizen, not on behalf of any clients, including the clinton campaign. but, bret, as we have been saying, special counsel john durham says his team has evidence showing that sussmann later billed the clinton campaign for that private fbi meeting. the fbi found no such connection between a russian bank and the trump organization. mook told jurors today that he would never have authorized sussmann to go to the fbi with any information. mook said point blank of the fbi, quote: we did not trust them and it was up to the media to essentially vet the story. clinton tweet add few days before the 2016 election on halloween. computer scientists from apparently uncovered a covert server linking the trump organization to a russian based bank. then clinton aid, now current white house national securit

maria: welcome back damning message from michael sussmann putting alleged lie in black and white writing. -- the bureau that meeting sparked a connection between the alfa-bank media went with it whole country thought trump colluded with russia another stunning revelation from former clinton campaign general counsel mark elias said he personally hired fusion gps to dig up opposition research on then candidate donald trump joining me federalist senior legal correspondent margot cleveland, great to have you this morning thanks very much for being here i read your piece in the federalist the other day i thought it was spot-on. what did you takeaway from day one, on the sussmann trial start there what struck you most? >> the first day we had the opening arguments, and in what really struck me most there was the arguments to the jury by sussmann's legal team makes absolutely no sense. they are telling the jury sussmann presented that to fbi to help fbi, that is not about what hillary clinton wanted, everyone following this knows from day one what clinton wanted was the fbi to be running with i

the court is see information, michael sussmann and other tech researchers to show michael sussmann in helping clinton campaign spread rumors about alpha bank. >> todd: curious development, it is crucial, interesting to see if the durham investigators reverse this on appeal. as of right now, this is a block to them. >> carley: fox news alert. the threat left on the side of a pro-life group headquarters that was allegedly firebombed over mothers day weekend. >> todd: far left mobs planning protest outside samuel alito's home tonight. we're seeing utter brokenness of the left. two of them join us next. before treating your chronic migraine— 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more you're not the only one with questions about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start—with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if a sample is available. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as diffi

michael sussmann 20 minutes ago after being acquitted. >> i have a few thoughts to share now that the trial has ended. first, i told the truth to the fbi, and the jury clearly recognized that with their unanimous verdict today. i'm grateful to the members of the jury for their careful and thoughtful service, despite being falsely accused i'm relieved justice ultimately prevailed in my case. as you can imagine, a difficult year for my family and me but right now we are just grateful for the love and support of so many during this ordeal and looking forward to getting back to the work that i love. >> david: john durham, the special prosecutor sandra, began the investigation into the trump-russia narrative, where did it start three years ago in may 2019. he has charged three people. a former fbi attorney pled guiltyy to altering a government document, michael sussmann is off the hook today, and another will go to trial in october for lying to the fbi. durham did not say anything after i asked if he had a comment about the verdict, he did release a statement, while we are disappointed in

former clinton campaign lawyer michael sussmann learned his fate in a d.c. courtroom. as republicans point to a major revelation exposed during john durham's first trial. that's next. >> the big take-away here is what we learned a few days back when we learned that secretary clinton told sussmann to take false information to the press. that was also taken to the fbi. if you're a veteran, own your home, and need cash, call newday usa. i'm tatiana, here to say you can get an average of $60,000 with the newday 100 cash out loan. that's at least 25% more cash than you get at a bank. it lowers your payments by an average of $600 a month, too. with today's soaring home values, the time to turn your equity into cash is right now. hi, i'm pat and i'm 75 years old. we live in the mountains so i like to walk. i'm really busy in my life; i'm always doing something. i'm not a person that's going to sit too long. in the morning, i wake up and the first thing i do is go to my art studio. a couple came up and handed me a brochure on prevagen. i've been taking prevagen for about four

well, the former clinton campaign lawyer, michael sussmann, trial continues today, and michael sussmanis lawyers are asking the judge to keep the government from asking questions related to pre-indictment negotiations. sussmann denying charges that he lied to the fbi. joining me right now is former senior counsel to president trump kellyanne conway out with a new book called "here's the deal: a memoir." congrats on the new book and thanks so much for being here. >> thanks, maria. you're going to love that book because it takes a -- talks a lot about taking on the old boys' and new boys' clubs and succeeding in a male-dominated industry, and you're the original one who did that. martha: thanks for -- maria: thanks for saying that. i am enjoying it very much, and i'm up to the point where you're on stage between steve bannon and others, and you're there in your alexander mcqueen dress and standing tall as the president gives you and the others credit for getting him there, and the crowd is going nuts chanting usa, usa. tell me how that moment was for you. you just said, you know, you did

michael sussmann wrote jim it's michael sussmann i have something time sensitive and sensitive i needo discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i'm coming on my own, not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau. thanks. sussmann had a badge to get into fbi headquarters. then offered baker information linking the trump organization via computer serve tore a russian bank. the fbi investigated. nothing to it. sussmann claims he came forward not on behalf of a client but as a concerned citizen. federal prosecutors, bret, say they have evidence showing he billed the hillary clinton campaign for that fbi meeting. also on the stand today, clinton campaign general counsel marc elias who told jurors he personally hired fusion gps, an opposition research firm to dig up dirt on then candidate donald trump in 2016. fusion gps in turn worked with former british spy christopher steele to create the controversial steele dossier, a collection of bogus information about then candidate trump. allies kept the hiring quiet within the campaign. he said today in cour

tech exec accused of giving michael sussmann data, he is on the left and michael sussmann brought thebi unverified information that may have connected trump towers with alpha bank, he is charged with one count of lying to investigators. and there is hillary clinton on the right, what stood out to me, tom, what brooke mentioned and andrew mccarthy mentioned here. he says, durham will have enough evidence to prove the narrow crime he's charged. biggest challenge may be the jury in trust hostile washington durham may be the government's lawyer, this will not be a home gain for him. do you share his worry that durham's case just got harder based upon the venue they are in? >> well, as brooke reported, two jurors are presumably anti-trump or they confess they are not friendly to republicans or donald trump. to the degree this case remains narrow about whether sussmann lied to the fbi lawyer, they may be able to achieve the desired result, a guilty verdict. if trump comes up more in this case or hillary clinton, the less likely sussmann may see a guilty verdict. i'm disappointed durham didn

that according to a former agent who testified at michael sussmann's trial. spunt reporting live on today's action there from washington. hi, david. >> hi, martha. good afternoon. there's a recurring theme in this trial. that recurring theme is that former agents and current fbi agents all expressed frustration on the stand because they were told to investigate an alleged connection between donald trump and russia, but they were never told where this information was coming from. finally they learned it was coming from the department of justice though. that turned out not to be true. this morning several agents working on that investigation in to a potential connection between the trump organization and a russian bank were on the witness stand. one witness specifically inside, his name was agent curtis hiedy that came to washington for 2016 to investigate the e-mail scandal surrounding hillary clinton. he says that he investigated crossfire hurricane. the name of the investigation into potential trump russian ties. he was asked about documents fally showing th

work and communications regarding confidential project," and september 19th, 2016 is the day michael sussmann went to see the fbi saying he had information about trump and russia. sussmann attorneys said it is possible sussmann did spend 3 hours that day and rightfully billed the campaign. attorneys argue the meeting at the fbi was separate. the government and defense will have two hours to deliver closing arguments. the judge asked these begin at 9:00 this morning, we likely won't have a verdict from the jury until next week. carley and todd. >> carley: brooke live for us, thank you very much. many americans are excited to travel and enjoy summer after year of covid lockdown and social distancing. now something else might rain on our parade. >> todd: breaking downbeating that inflation and joe biden's energy crisisville on your wallet this memorial day weekend. ville on your wallet this memorial day weekend. wiville on your wallet this memorial day weekend. ll ville on your wallet this memorial day weekend. havville on your wallet this memorial day weekend. eville on your wallet this memoria

more damming testimony against former clinton lawyer michael sussmann. former fbi official james baker says he's 100% confident that lawyer was lying. plus weighing on elon musk questioning all of those fake accounts at twitter. start at 8:30 a.m. eastern. you're watching mornings with maria live on fox business. ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back, a new quinnipiac poll revealing only 26% of hispanic americans support the president right now. this is an important voting bloc. these numbers are down sharply from a year ago. this is down from 55% a year ago, down to 26%. meanwhile you've got other blocks also worried about his handling of the economy, the last poll we saw 3 quarters of voters, 75% say they felt the u.s. was on the wrong track but nancy pelosi is insisting that the american people want democrats to win in november. she says she's got every intention of keeping the house majority despite these plummeting poll numbers. james freeman, lou is here with me this morning, james, your reaction. james: the quinnipiac poll tends to be among the most accurate

this is a text from michael sussmann, the lawyer to the fbi director, no, excuse me, this is from michaelsays jim, it's michael sussmann, i have something time sensitive and sensitive i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow. i'm coming on my own not on behalf of a client or company. want to help the bureau. thanks, so we know they then had this meeting. sussmann went back afterwards and billed the clinton campaign. i mean -- untangle that. >> exactly right. untangle that. i think john durham and the prosecutors have done exactly that. you know, michael sussmann's defense is that he, beltway super lawyer who was working for the clinton campaign simply decided out of the goodness of his heart that he was john q. public and was going to go into the fbi and simply, as a private citizen, tell them about this alleged link between donald trump's servers and a bank in russia that was connected to vladimir putin. >> gillian: alpha bank. >> that's right, alpha bank. and kind of strange he would do this on the face that he would do this on his own, and another lawyer

we could be just hours away from the verdict in the trial of michael sussmann. >> todd: the former clinton campaign lawyer chose not to testify in his case last week. brooke singman joins us. >> brooke: the jury could deliver a verdict today in the trial of michael sussmann. the judge sent the jury into deliberation friday afternoon following closing arguments. the judge said jurors should not be impacted by political affiliation. john durham's team came with e-mails, bills and receiptss for jurors to see as they made their final argument to prove sussmann lied to the fbi when he said he was not bringing trump-russia allegations on behalf of any client there is an invoice where the clinton campaign was billed on the same day he met with the fbi. this was for work and communication regarding confidential project. michael sussmann went to see james bake they're same day, claiming he had information about covert discussions between trump organization and russia. attorneys argue the fbi meeting was separate. court is back in session this morning at 9 a.m. the jury met friday afternoon and it i

in court today, michael sussmann sat stoically and listened eagerly as the foreperson announced the not guilty verdict. special counsel john durham says that sussmann lied in 2016 when he brought debunk information to the fbi linking the trump organization and russia and claimed he was doing so as a concerned citizen. not as a partisan with the clinton campaign. durham had evidence for jurors showing sussmann billed the clinton campaign the same day he met with the fbi and ultimately the jury believed michael sussmann. >> i told the truth to the fbi and the jury clearly recognized that with their unanimous verdict today. despite being falsely accused, i'm relieved that justice ultimately prevailed in my case. >> john durham thanked prosecutors and investigators adding an n. a statement, quote while we are disappointed in the outcome, we respect the jury's decision and thanked them for their service. shortly after durham's office released that statement, we saw him outside of the court and i asked him if he had anything else to add. >> mr. durham, any reaction to the verdict at all. i kn

while elias as you mentioned is not on trial, his former law partner michael sussmann, another clinton campaign lawyer is charged with lying to the fbi. the government is trying to press elias on e-mail communications between elias, fusion gps and sussmann. federal prosecutor told the jury that sussmann tried to use the fbi, manipulate the fbi by walking in and saying he wanted the fbi to investigate something an average citizen just typically cannot do. two months before the 2016 election, sussmann said he had information about a secret back channel where trump organization servers were talking to servers in russia with alpha bank. that information turned out to be bogus. sussmann said he was a concerned citizen when he went to the fbi. the government said he billed the clinton campaign for that meeting. jurors told them that the complete opposite arguing that sussmann a well-respected cyber attorney would never mislead the fbi. again, we're waiting for mark elias to be cross examined. another big witness that may come up tied but likely today given the lateness of the afternoon hour,

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client, he thought sussmann was coming to see him as a good citizen. knowing michaelnk he would want to help the government. sussmann is charged with falsely telling the fbi he was handing over information not on behalf of any client. john durham's team says he has evidence showing sussmann billed the clinton campaign for the private meeting with baker for the meet nothing 2016. analyst says it is not case closed just yet. listen. >> sussmann has no defense whatsoever. he can still get an acquittal. how? it is washington, d.c., registered voters are democrats. we find vast panel of potential jurors are hillary clinton supporters. >> brooke: sussmann's defense is zero nothing on claims of inconsistencies in baker's testimony. he will get on the stand today for the third day. we could hear testimony from former clinton campaign manager robby america -- milken. >> todd: baker is an interesting witness, very swampy. it is true. indiana attorney general fighting covid-19 misinformation calling out government officials for requests "misleading" claims. what are the main cul

michael sussmann was charged as you pointed out, with lying to the fbi in this september 2016 meeting. according to john durham's prosecutors, this was really an orchestrated effort on the part of sussmann working with the hillary clinton campaign in 2016 to try to dirty up, to try to smear donald trump. and they kept using over this 11 days of this trial has been going on, they were using this essentially to put hillary clinton and her campaign on trial. even though obviously she's not charged. there is no -- there were no allegations of a conspiracy. that's what this dominated this trial here in d.c. court. sussmann has been arguing in response to this that he didn't lie, and even if he did lie, he's saying that it made no difference, that donald trump was already under investigation, his campaign was already under investigation by the time the allegations were made in september 2016. again, this is a big blow to john durham who was hired who was appointed by bill barr under president trump to try to get to the bottom of and try to find things done wrong. and so now we'll see where

and and that michael sussmann billed the clinton campaign on the very day he talked to the fbi aboutake trump ties when he said he was there as a concerned citizen. will we see any repercussions for the fbi or even for hillary clinton? you worked on this for years, and we talked about this over a several-year period, that this was a total the lie and it had a massive, massive impact on our country. >> it's funny you ask, that's a good question. i asked director wray about the horowitz report that you covered in detail indicating 19 violations of fbi policy regarding the carter page warrant. what's the storyline here? they had a lawyer for the clinton campaign apparently was able to dupe the entire fbi into believing that donald trump had a relationship illegally with a russian bank that was a bunch of b.s. here's what i think, they wanted to believe it. the best explanation for all this is that every time there was a stop sign, they ran it because they wanted to get trump. there is no other explanation. how could they miss all the warning signs about dossier being a bunch of bull? ho

it's how much do we get to see about the rest of the investigation. >> michael sussmann charged with unt of making a false statement to the fbi. sussmann, two months before the 2016 election, went to the fbi and said he had information linking the trump campaign to russia. he claimed a computer server in trump tower in manhattan was communicating with a russian bank. the information, mike, turned out to be false. according to the government, sussmann told the fbi general counsel james baker he wanted to bring the information not on behalf of a client but as a concerned citizen. ever, however, the government claims that sussmann was working for clinton and even billed her campaign for that specific meeting with the fbi. next week the jury will look at whether sussmann lied and whether that information was relevant to how fbi agents handled their investigation. at the end of the day, mike, this may be a little bit about political dirty tricks in washington, d.c. but the question is what sussmann did. if it's illegal, ultimately that is for those jurors to decide when he goes to the tria

and then there's the documentation, the e-mails and the billings that show that michael sussmann wasllary clinton campaign for all the work related to alpha bank. and if that wasn't enough, you have the fbi's tech expert come n i think his name was tolman, come in and say we, the fbi, knew one day after we received this information about a alpha bank and the reported connection to trump tower that it was complete garbage. that is some pretty powerful testimony and documents from john durham. maria: yeah. well, i want to talk about the fbi cyber analyst's statements at the trial because what scott hellman -- and he is the fbi cyber analyst -- testified was just as you just said, he knew right away that the data did not suggest any covert communications between trump and russia. he added that the he wondered if the person who put together the data was suffering from a mental disability. so talk about the fbi for a moment, because we know that there are two parts to this. on the one hand, it's the alpha bank nonsense, that there was communications between trump and the kremlin via this

federal prosecutors say that former clinton campaign attorney michael sussmann manipulated the fbi topen this investigation into then candidate donald trump to create that october surprise right before the election. we got some video of sussmann leaving the federal courthouse within the last hour with his legal team. the dagen with the opening statement and ended with several witnesses on the stand including two fbi agents. sussmann is charged with lying to the fbi two months before the 2016 election, bret, he went to the fbi and said he had some conversation with limping the trump organization via a computer serve tore a russian based alpha bank then owned by associates close to vladimir putin. the fbi investigated the allegation was bogus. an fbi agent on the stand today said it didn't take long to determine there was no secret back channel between the trump organization and russia but the investigation continued just going through the chain of command. sussmann claims he was a concerned citizen, worried about the national security of the country when he went to the fbi. but the gov

at level 2.960%, it takes 3.2% last week, covering first on city we entered day two, of the michael sussmann trial durham says he manipulated fbi we have more coming up will talk with michael goodwin "new york post" on that elon musk questioning number of fake accounts at twitter posting this poll yesterday asked the question twitter claims that more than 95% of daily active users are real does anybody have that experience? >> he asked his 80 plus million followers, the latest consequences of you false sec filings, muffining tweeting at securities and exchange commission saying hello anyone home? we are going to get into all this this morning, 8:20 a.m. eastern when the former chairman of the securities and exchange commission joins me harvey pitt will look at filing when it is true how we can actually know how many active users how many fake accounts there are, at twitter we will talk about, that and we will ask whether the twitter board committed fraud, with that 5% number "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪♪ . . breaking. us right no i lowe's earnings hitting tape get all the story

the reason is because, bret, he could not remember much about michael sussmann coming to the fbi in 2016. priestap never met with him but briefed on his visit. james baker did meet privately with sussmann and relayed the unverified information to priestap took notes but did not remember them when testified in court. lying to the fbi when he claimed he had evidence of a secret communications back channel between the trump organization. found no trump organization. in a text admitted as evidence, he was delivering information on his owns a a concerned citizen, not on behalf of any clients such as the clinton campaign but, bret, special counsel john durham says his team will show up to the jury that sussmann billed the clinton campaign for that fbi meeting. by bringing forward a number of fbi officials whether current or former, durham is building a narrative. federal prosecutors want to show that sussmann used law enforcement to help negatively impact then candidate trump's political campaign in the hectic weeks before the november 2016 election. today's testimony not the bombshell we saw

as the jury deliberates in the trial of former hillary clinton campaign lawyer michael sussmann.t from the first trial brought forward by special counsel john durham is next. >> lots of fireworks there. i expect more indictments no matter what happens to sussmann. we'll see more indictments. right now, we're all feelin' the squeeze. but walmart's got your back with thousands of rollbacks so you get everything you need to keep your summer rollin'. because when you save money, you can live better. >> trace: its all up to the jury now in the trial of michael sussmann accused of lying to the fbi when he passed on a tip about donald trump and russia during the 2016 election. a tip the fbi says fizzled out. david spunt is live with more. good afternoon. >> hi, trace. good afternoon. jurors will deliberate another 90 minutes or so as i look at the clock. even if they have a verdict, it won't be read until tuesday. the reason why, the judge left for the long weekend. he wants to be there when the verdict is delivered and if the jurors have questions. michael sussmann charged with lying t

the message reads "jim, it is michael sussmann.ave something time sensitive that i need to discuss. do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i'm coming on my own, not on behalf of a client or company. i want to help the bureau." they agreed to a meeting where assessment with white papers linking the trump organization to russia and after an investigation, they found the data to be bogus. sussmann claims he came forward not on behalf of a client but as a citizen worried about national security but durham and his team seem to have record showing sussmann build the clinton campaign for that meeting. another stunning former clinton campaign mark elias. telling the jurors he personally hired fusion gps to take operation research on thin candidate donald trump. you remember fuson gbs with the anti-trump dossier offered by intelligent agent christopher steele and paid for the clinton campaign and dnc through elias and sussmann's law firm. and today james baker is set to get back on the stand. sussmann intends to request a mi

baker told different people different stories about what michael sussmann actually said. sussmann's attorney say it was no secret he worked for the clinton campaign and that sussmann practically had the dnc tattooed on his forehead. they say sussmann's allegations were not taken seriously by the fbi because bureau agents never interviewed sussmann later in a formal setting. bret, here is the one-page single charged jury form the jury will fill out when it reaches a verdict and hand it to the judge. it may be simple in content but in context, quite complex, court resumes after the holiday and we will be there. bret? >> bret: we will wait for that verdict and see where it goes from there. david, thank you. up next, we go live to houston where the national rifle association is holding its national convention days after that school massacre in another part of texas. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 49 in philadelphia. five people killed in house explosion northwest of the city. two people hospitalized there not immediately known what cau

michael sussmann acquitted of lying to the fbi after pushing the debunked trump-russia collusion narrativead of the 2016 election. will this close the book on the durham probe? if we've got the latest. meantime, president bidened today holding a rare meeting with the fed chair as his manmade inflation continues to take a bite out of your wallet. does the white house have a plan, a real plan in place in order to avoid a recession? and the baby formula shortage continuing to get worse. the out of stock rate stands at 70% nationwide. now some parents are taking desperate measures to feed their children. lara trump joining us to discuss. plus, we're tracking the latest in texas where a gunman opened fire killing 21 people at a school in uvalde. democrats are calling on the gop to join them in their long-stalled efforts to reform gun laws. now people across the country fear losing their second amendment rights. plus, more than three dozen people dead after a violent we moral day weekend -- memorial day weekend. when will soft on crime officials wake up and implement hard policies to get crimina

jury today acquitting michael sussmann on charges of lying to the fbi about the 2016 russia collisioncans say they are furious at the outcome but sussmann this afternoon told reporters he was falsely accused. >> i told the truth to the fbi and the jury clearly recognized that for their unanimous verdict today. i'm grateful to the members of the jury for their careful thoughtful service despite being falsely accused, i'm relieved the justice ultimately prevails in my case. kennedy: one of the jurors has a child on sussmann's kids sports team. come on. in a statement special prosecutor john durham said we are disappointed, i still have a great beard. we respect the jury's decision and thank them for their service. legal experts say there were minor victories against hillary clinton so what is next for the durham investigation? joining me now, new york post columnist and fox news contributor legendary miranda devine, welcome back. >> thank you, great to be with you. kennedy: is this it? no accountability, you can just make stuff up, run to the fbi, lie about who you are representing, wor

his team has evident showing that michael sussmann billed the clinton administration for the meeting.fied that the fbi investigated the data alleging a trump connection to the russia bank and found "nothing there." here is what former trump aid revealed. >> i feel he has a few more indictments coming. hillary clinton spent millions on opposition research instead of politics. she spent north of $50 million to $100 million pucking money into perkins to have a cut out like the fbi had a cut out with christopher steele. >> brooke: trial is beginning second week today, we are expecting to hear from fbi officials, including tricia anderson and bill prestaff. >> todd: thank you. all eyes on the supreme court which could issue a ruling on roe v. wade early as today. james comer joined us earlier calling for a draft of the leaked draft opinion that caused protest across our country. >> the administration has done irreparable damage to the united states. taking the leak and using to motivate their base to the tune of violence is imminent in their mind is another act of incompetence by this admi

he got his former associate michael sussmann involved and that led to the fusion gps and christopherir stories are not mutally compatible. and mr. durham is not going after hillary clinton. he's taking it one step at a time to see if they're telling the same story. they're not. through gps, through the dnc, you get back to the clinton campaign and ultimately hillary clinton herself. the problem that you have a very ambiguous judge that was appointed by barack obama, judge cooper and a d.c. jury. i think there's going -- it's very difficult to prove it. mr. durham is a very high professional. he hasn't leaked, he hasn't had press conferences. he's the antithesis of the mueller team. we'll see what happens. >> martha: thanks, victor. great to have you with us today. >> thank you. >> martha: so as dhs gears up for a possible violence in response to the draft scotus opinion on abortion, some groups including women's march have said that they look forward to a summer of rage. >> it is not an exaggeration to say that this is the worst case scenario come to life there will be deadly consequ

many 2016, michael sussmann told the fbi that he had evidence of a secret communications back channelhe trump organization and a russian bank with ties to the kremlin. sussmann said he was just delivering this as a concerned citizen, not on behalf of a client, including clinton campaign. john durham says he has information contrary to that and evidence showing that sussmann build the campaign for that private meeting. mook said he never would have authorized sussmann to go to the fbi with information about a potential trump organization russia link. mook said point blank of the fbi, "we did not trust them." still mook and his team were okay with sharing this information. before mook, general counsel james baker finished his third day on the stand, he met with sussmann in the days before the election and the months before the election and during that meeting sussmann came armed with documents and two thumb drives. what makes it interesting, the defense team is trying to poke holes in baker's testimony because he said different things to different people if sussmann was representing a c