Why Did Michael Sussmann Have an FBI Headquarters ‘Badge’?

The detail shows, yet again, that the FBI is the soft underbelly of John Durham’s case.

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Attorney Michael Sussmann (at left) departs the U.S. Federal Courthouse after opening arguments in his trial in Washington, D.C., May 17, 2022.

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Why on earth did Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann have a badge permitting him to enter FBI headquarters?

That was one of those tantalizing bits of evidence that emerge during a trial, the kind that seems jaw-dropping to close observers of the events in question but that instantly disappears into the mist if neither party sees an upside in dwelling on it.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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