Durham Barred from Introducing Trove of Fusion GPS Emails at Sussmann Trial

Justice Department special counsel John Durham has won a hollow victory in his false-statements prosecution of Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann.

Federal District Judge Christopher (“Casey”) Cooper decided on Thursday that Fusion GPS, the information firm that provided opposition-research on Donald Trump for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign, must surrender many of the emails Fusion has been withholding from Durham. Yet Judge Cooper also ruled that prosecutors may not introduce the emails against Sussmann in the trial, which is set to begin on Monday.