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Good morning again from the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse in downtown Washington, DC. The Sussmann-Durham trial will at least start to wrap up today with closing arguments. /1Permalink On twitter.com
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Jury deliberations should start this afternoon. But because the judge is leaving at 2:30 p.m. for his planned Memorial Day weekend vacation, deliberations would have to go very quickly if we're going to hear any verdict today./2Permalink On twitter.com
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They neglected to read a jury instruction yesterday about character witness. Durham team objects to doing so now as it would highlight; judge says he'll read it to the jury but soft pedal it. Jonathan Algor will do the initial part of the closing argument for Durham team./3Permalink On twitter.com
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The jury is brought in. Algor begins his argument: Sussmann lied on Sept. 19 to conceal his clients because he knew the chances of FBI investigation would be seriously diminished if they knew Clinton campaign role and Joffe wanted to conceal his role./4Permalink On twitter.com
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Algor talks about the billing records, the thumb drives purchase, the pushing of same allegations to the media. "It wasn’t about national security. It was about promoting opposition research against the opposition candidate, Donald trump."/5Permalink On twitter.com
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Algor goes over the elements of the false statement offense. E.g. on materiality: "The government is not required to prove that this statement actually influenced the FBI -- only that the statement could have influenced the FBI." /6On twitter.com
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