Special Counsel John Durham Wins Key Motion in Case Against Former Clinton Lawyer

By Zachary Stieber May 6, 2022 

A federal judge on May 4 granted a motion from special counsel John Durham to review documents that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other parties had claimed were protected by privilege, which means the documents may ultimately be made available to the public. 

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, after a hearing in Washington, granted Durham’s motion to compel production of unredacted versions of said documents from the Perkins Coie, a law firm hired by the campaign ahead of the 2016 election; Rodney Joffe, a technology executive; and Fusion GPS, a firm that specializes in opposition research that the campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) used extensively to investigate then-candidate Donald Trump—Clinton’s rival for the presidency. 

The parties had resisted producing some documents and handed over redacted versions of others because of shielding afforded by attorney-client privilege or another form of privilege that protects documents used in producing “work product”—claims Durham has disputed in part because Fusion primarily engaged in non-legal matters such as opposition research for the campaign, the DNC, and Perkins.

Robin's Take - Attorney Client privilege claims were bogus - a Hail Mary by the left.  Particularly ironic since the claim hoist them by their own petards since they'd claimed to another judge that there was no relationship/tie there - but by claiming attorney client privilege proves beyond doubt there was.  I hope the other judge is made aware of this and they get reamed for lying to the court.