The past two days of this week saw some pretty significant developments in the Durham Special Counsel investigation.
Two things happened very quickly together:
First, it was announced publicly - and I’ll comment about it being a public announcement in a minute - that the Durham SCO would be calling former FBI General Counsel James Baker as a witness for the prosecution should this case against former Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann go to trial.
It’s a very significant development that Durham’s office publicly announced it would be bringing Baker in as a witness against Sussmann.
Some people might not understand why Durham unveiling Baker as a key SCO witness is such a bombshell. Allow me to briefly explain.
Durham runs a very tight ship when it comes to security against leaks; virtually nothing has gone public from his investigation unless he wants that information to go public.
Which means that at this time, Durham wanted certain people to know that Baker is cooperating. By openly revealing that the SCO would be bringing the FBI’s former General Counsel to testify, Durham is sending a message to some people. He wants these people to clearly see that Baker is cooperating in Sussman’s prosecution.
Baker appearing as a witness against Sussman instantly leads to the question of what other prosecutions might Baker assist the SCO with?
I see you are just as pessimistic as me. :) Hard to be positive when everything is business as usual on the prosecution / justice front.
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