This crime has 2 elements: (1) made a false statement to the fbi; and (2) it was material. It's not hard to prove point 1. Point 2 on the other hand...that is an uphill climb. Would the FBI have REALLY done anything different with that if he said it came from Clinton? No. Because we already saw they knew it did and created a rouse to keep pushing it. So in actuality, he probably isn't guilty of lying to the FBI. Now on a lot more serious charges? That much is obvious at this point.
Also, because he is Sussman, and apparently has his own damn badge to get in to the FBI building. If joe schmoe brought them some shit like this, ya they might have done something different if they knew it came from some campaign. But Sussman himself is the reason they would not have done anything different - lies or no lies about the source.
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This crime has 2 elements: (1) made a false statement to the fbi; and (2) it was material. It's not hard to prove point 1. Point 2 on the other hand...that is an uphill climb. Would the FBI have REALLY done anything different with that if he said it came from Clinton? No. Because we already saw they knew it did and created a rouse to keep pushing it. So in actuality, he probably isn't guilty of lying to the FBI. Now on a lot more serious charges? That much is obvious at this point.
Also, because he is Sussman, and apparently has his own damn badge to get in to the FBI building. If joe schmoe brought them some shit like this, ya they might have done something different if they knew it came from some campaign. But Sussman himself is the reason they would not have done anything different - lies or no lies about the source.