Former FBI general counsel James Baker takes the stand in the trial of Michael Sussmann, who is accused of lying to investigators.
came to FBI headquarters in September 2016 to hand over now-debunked data purportedly linking Trump Tower to Russia's Alfa Bank, the FBI's general counsel, James Baker, said the information concerned him, and he viewed it as a"potential national security threat," Baker told a Washington, D.C. jury on Thursday.
Sussmann represented the tech executive, Rodney Joffe, who allegedly passed him the Alfa Bank data from cyber analysts. According to the indictment against Sussmann, Joffe had also expressed interest in receiving a job in a possible Clinton administration. "He was coming to see me as a good citizen," Baker said of Sussmann."I thought that he would want to help the government. That's the kind of person that I thought him to be."
During cross-examination, Baker confirmed he was not testifying about the validity of Sussmann's client claim, but describing the events as he remembered them. He also confirmed that he was under investigation by the Durham team as far back as 2018. He and Sussmann were attacked for being"coup plotters and traitors," Baker said of the fallout around the Mueller investigation and the Trump-Russia probe."It sucked at multiple levels…It sucked because I felt as though I had dragged Michael into a maelstrom by discussing him in the first meeting."
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