Clinton’s Lawyers Are Absolutely Scrambling After What She Said Got Out!

An old tweet of Hillary Clinton is now haunting her back.

Then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted five-and-a-half years ago an unsubstantiated allegation against her opponent, Donald Trump.

A recently published article from The Gazette revealed that her old tweet has become a potential piece of evidence in the trial of one of her lawyers.

Back in September 2016, Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussman was indicted after repeated false accusations of an improper relationship between the Trump Organization and Russia to the FBI general counsel, he allegedly hid the fact that he worked for the Clinton campaign.

Now is becoming problematic because a Clinton campaign staffer would have a particular interest in any information that could harm her opponent. Instead of admitting his conflict of interest, Sussman allegedly concealed it from the FBI.

The Gazette added that Sussman has pleaded not guilty to the crime, and he is slated to stand trial in May.

Last week, Durham asked the federal court to allow a 2016 tweet from Clinton to be admitted as evidence in the trial wherein Clinton pushed the same debunked claims Sussman took to the FBI as tweeted.

Clinton wrote:

It’s time for Trump to answer serious questions about his ties to Russia. https://t.co/D8oSmyVAR4 pic.twitter.com/07dRyEmPjX

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 31, 2016

Western Journal has more details of the report:

The accusation about a connection between the Trump Organization and Alfa-Bank has been debunked in investigations by the FBI, CIA, special counsel Robert Mueller, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Durham.

Durham said his goal in presenting the tweet as evidence would be to “show the existence of the defendant’s attorney-client relationship with the Clinton Campaign, which is directly relevant to the false statement charge.”

Durham argued the tweet should not be considered inadmissible hearsay because “it is not being offered for its truth.” Sussman’s lawyers disputed that reasoning.

Durham said his goal in presenting the tweet as evidence would be to “show the existence of the defendant’s attorney-client relationship with the Clinton Campaign, which is directly relevant to the false statement charge.”

Durham argued the tweet should not be considered inadmissible hearsay because “it is not being offered for its truth.” Sussman’s lawyers disputed that reasoning.

He believes that Clinton’s tweet, along with other evidence to be presented at the trial, will prove Sussman and other Clinton agents were “assembling and disseminating the [Alfa-Bank] allegations and other derogatory information about Trump and his associates to the media and the U.S. government,” which he says constitutes a joint venture.

Sussman’s trial could very well implicate other Clinton agents beyond himself. It remains to be seen who will face consequences.

Sources: WesternJournal, The Gazette