The indictment, returned by a Washington, D.C., grand jury on Thursday, charges attorney Michael Sussmann, of Perkins Coie, a law firm tied to the Democratic party, with making a false statement during a meeting with officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shortly before the 2016 election.
WSJ
Mr. Sussmann’s claims “led the FBI general counsel to understand that Sussmann was acting as a good citizen merely passing along information, not as a paid advocate or political operative,” according to the indictment.
The government says Mr. Sussmann was billing his time during numerous critical meetings to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, demonstrating that his statement to the FBI about whom he was representing was false. Perkins Coie partner Marc Elias, who was acting as the Clinton campaign’s general counsel at the time, has since left the firm.
Maybe there aren’t too many ‘good citizens’ in Washington, just people working for someone.