Marc Elias, Clinton campaign's top lawyer, turns tables on Durham to air Democratic grievances

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This look like fun testimony

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/politics/marc-elias-clinton-durham-sussman/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-05-18T23%3A35%3A04&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=link

Elias called Trump a "bully" and excoriated Trump's reaction to the Russian hacks and leaks of Democratic National Committee emails, which rocked the party convention in July 2016 by driving a wedge between supporters of Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders at a pivotal moment.....

Elias used his three-hour appearance on the witness stand to turn the tables on Durham's primary narrative that Clinton's campaign led an effort to manipulate the FBI for political means. Instead, Elias painted the campaign as the victim of bias from the highest levels of the FBI, as well as the victim of Russian hacks and election meddling.

He said the FBI had "not been particularly helpful in investigating" the Russian cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee "or doing anything to prevent the leaks of the emails" that were put out by WikiLeaks throughout 2016, giving endless fodder to Trump, political reporters and social media trolls.

"The FBI, for a variety of reasons, was not going to do anything to stop these bad things from happening," Elias said, teeing off a rebuke of former FBI Director James Comey, who famously oversaw the Clinton email investigation. "James Comey had taken public stances around that time period that were, in my view, unfair, and putting the thumb on the scale against Secretary Clinton."

Comey's July press conference and announcement 11 days before the eleciton are the real crimes in this mess.

[dchill]

1. K&R.

[True Blue American]

2. Yet many still claim Comey

Is a fine public servant.

Bennie Thompson just said they could come and see some of our work but are still working and we will not turn our work product over at this time.

That tells me they know there are still Trumpers in the Justice Department now.

[Duppers]

3. Another K&R