Clinton campaign lawyer charged in Durham probe seeks mistrial
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The Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer currently on trial as part of special counsel John Durham's investigation requested a mistrial in a late-night filing Wednesday, though the judge overseeing the case has already said he is skeptical of his arguments.
Lawyers for the defendant, Michael Sussmann, told the judge he can't get a fair trial because one of the witnesses suggested Sussmann could answer a key question by testifying in his own defense, violating his constitutional rights. The witness was Marc Elias, who was the top lawyer for Clinton's campaign, and was otherwise a relatively helpful witness for Sussmann's defense.
"That suggestion implicates Mr. Sussmann's Fifth Amendment right not to testify in his own defense, and Mr. Sussmann was deeply prejudiced by Mr. Elias's comments and the Special Counsel's efforts to double down on those comments," Sussmann's lawyers wrote in the filing.
President Joe Biden asserted Friday that Hamas has been degraded to a point where it can no longer carry out the type of attack that launched the current 8-month conflict in Gaza, laying out a three-phase proposal Israel has submitted to wind down the grinding crisis as he declared, “It’s time for this war to end.