Durham-Sussmann trial: Baker briefed Comey, McCabe on alleged covert communications between Trump Org, Russia
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Former FBI General Counsel James Baker on Thursday testified that he briefed then-FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andy McCabe on allegations brought to him by Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann in September 2016 claiming a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and a Kremlin-linked bank and confirmed that the FBI was “already conducting an investigation” into possible ties between Russia and then-candidate Donald Trump at the time of the Sussmann meeting.
Baker testified that upon receiving the information from Sussmann during their meeting on Sept. 19, 2016, which alleged what Baker described as a "surreptitious" communications channel between the Trump Organization and Russian-based Alfa Bank.
"The FBI was already conducting an investigation into alleged connections between the Trump campaign and Russians at this point in time, so that was a matter of great concern to all of us," Baker said.
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