Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, said Michael Sussmann met with the bureau in September 2016 on behalf of a client, according to notes from March 2017 made public by the Democratic cybersecurity lawyer.
The briefing notes contradict contemporaneous FBI notes and the defendant's own text message, though the defense team thinks they could prove decisive in special counsel John Durham's case against Sussmann.
Handwritten notes during the meeting by Associate Deputy Attorney General Tashina Gauhar put “attorney” in quotation marks and said the attorney “brought to FBI on behalf of his client," though it may actually say"clients." The notes add, “Alerted others in media. NYT.” Judge Christopher Cooper, presiding over the case, ruled this weekend that notes taken by Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division Bill Priestap and FBI Deputy General Counsel Trisha Anderson being allowed as evidence “depends both on whether Mr. Baker’s credibility is attacked and on Mr. Priestap and Ms. Anderson’s testimony.”
“I have something time-sensitive I need to discuss,” Sussmann wrote to the FBI's top lawyer, adding,"I’m coming on my own – not on behalf of a client or company – want to help the Bureau.”Cooper said Saturday, “If Mr. Baker’s memory is challenged on cross examination [this strikes the Court as no sure thing given the recent revelation of a text message apparently sent by Mr. Sussmann to Mr.
Notes from Schools show that McCabe talked at length about Trump’s “tweet activity.” McCord’s notes said, “FBI trying to determine what is behind POTUS tweets.” The FBI also speculated that some of the issues raised may have been sourced from a New York Times article published on Halloween 2016 about the FBI and the Alfa-Bank claims.The notes from Schools indicate McCabe said the “goals” at the House and Senate Intelligence Committees were to “level set investigation” and “level set issue re: POTUS.” Gauhar’s notes echoed this.
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