Hillary Clinton personally approved her campaign's plans in fall 2016 to share information with a reporter about an uncorroborated alleged server backchannel between Trump and a top Russian bank, her former campaign manager testified in US federal court
Robby Mook said he attended a meeting with other senior campaign officials where they learned about strange cyberactivity that suggested a relationship between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which is based in Moscow. The group decided to share the information with a reporter, and Mook subsequently ran that decision by Clinton herself."We discussed it with Hillary," Mook said, later adding that"she agreed with the decision.
"Marc Elias, Hillary Clinton campaign's top lawyer, turns tables on Durham to air Democratic grievances about 2016 electionEarlier in the week, Elias told the jury that he didn't authorize Sussmann's meeting with the FBI, which occurred on September 19, 2016. Elias said he hadn't learned about the fateful meeting between Sussmann and then-FBI General Counsel James Baker until Sussmann was indicted.
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