The prosecution’s last witness was Kori Arsenault, a paralegal with Special Counsel John Durham’s office. Arsenault worked on much of the government’s exhibits and assisted in explaining the records to the jury.
The prosecution on Wednesday morning produced the record from Perkins Coie that they announced proves the law firm billed "Hillary for America" for the meeting Sussmann had with Baker at FBI headquarters on Sept. 19, 2016.
On the bill, further dated Sept. 19, 2016, the Clinton campaign is listed as the client, the time is listed as 3.3 hours, and the memo declares: "work and communications regarding confidential project." Other testimony revealed Sussmann charged roughly $800 per hour.
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Durham’s team further produced a receipt from a Staples near Perkins Coie in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 13, 2016. On the receipt was a two pack of flash drives.
The prosecution claimed that the receipt was included in an expense report from Sussmann, and the billing code on the report connects the expense to the Clinton campaign as the client.
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Throughout his meeting with Baker on Sept. 19, 2016, Sussmann brought two thumb drives of data and white papers claiming that the Trump Organization was using a secret back channel to communicate with Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank in the weeks leading up to the presidential election.
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Sussmann is charged with making a false announcement to the FBI.
Durham’s team aims to convince the jury that the records showing Sussmann billed the Clinton campaign prove Sussmann lied when he supposedly told Baker on Sept. 19, 2016, that he was not bringing the allegations on behalf of any specific client, yet rather as a citizen concerned with national security.
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Through cross-examination Wednesday, defense attorney Michael Bosworth stressed that in meetings Sussmann had at the FBI in years prior, he would specifically make reference to the FBI in the bill's "memo" section.
Bosworth stressed that the Sept. 19, 2016, bill just specifies "work and communication regarding confidential projects."
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"There’s no reference to the FBI in that entry is there?" Bosworth asked Arsenault.
"There is not," Arsenault replied.
The prosecution rested Wednesday morning, after questioning witnesses for almost eight days straight.
The defense will begin calling their witnesses to the stand for questioning.
It was not immediately clear whether Sussmann would testify in his own defense.
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