Durham sets-out in the indictment, that the purposeful data mining (of non-public data) by Joffe (and his minions) and the data's analysis and the composing and composition of the white papers that Sussmann provided to the FBI and the media, was tainted by the allegiance of
ALL the actors to, and
coordination with, the Clinton campaign.
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Durham, above and in his conflict of interest brief, states that Joffe, working with Sussmann on behalf of the Clinton campaign, assembled numerous cyber researchers (Tea Leaves) and employees at multiple Internet companies and researchers at Georgia Tech to assemble the purported data and white papers.
Durham also states that Joffe
himself exploited his access to
non-public and/or
proprietary Internet data and along with his minions, sought to establish an "inference" and "narrative" tying then-candidate Trump to Russia. Joffe's interest, besides being anti-Trump, was to please certain “VIPs,” referring to individuals at Perkins Coie and the Clinton Campaign.
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Durham doesn't make any claims about who Joffe was
employed by, other than Neustar having a government contract for DNS resolution services in the EOP.
Durham does say that Joffe personally, (using the access to EOP's servers inherent in Neustar's conract) "
worked with" Sussmann and Fusion GPS, who was retained by Perkins Coie on behalf of the Clinton Campaign, to assemble the data and craft the white papers for the purpose of gathering derogatory information about Donald Trump.
A plain reading of Durham's statement says to me that, Joffe, was "
working with" Sussmann, who, as a partner of Perkins Coie, was acting in the interests of Perkins Coie's client Fusion GPS and all this was a cooperative endeavor (including Joffe's minions,
working at the direction of Joffe) to gather derogatory information about Donald Trump, which was then carried by "concerned citizen" Sussmann to the FBI . . .
The question is, what does "working with" mean in this arrangement? Who was directing who, or were both working at the direction of Fusion GPS?
It's at
this point we need to remember Fusion GPS was in the employ of the Clinton campaign from late April, in a deal brokered by
everyone's lawyer; the Clinton Campaign, the DNC, Fusion GPS and Crowdstrike -- MICHAEL SUSSMANN!
Sussmann is the definition of a nexus, which is why he's the focus of Durham's attention
for now.
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