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After the [[2016 Presidential election]] Sullivan took the lead along with Clinton Communications Director [[Jennifer Palmieri]] in briefing the press on the [[Trump-Russia collusion]] story.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/24/the-clinton-campaign-warned-you-about-russia-but-nobody-listened-to-us/?utm_term=.be79b30c359e </ref> In September 2021, Clinton campaign general counsel [[Michael Sussmann]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm was indicted for fabricating claims about the Trump-Russia hoax to the [[FBI]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/16/clinton-lawyer-michael-sussmann-indicted-for-lying-to-fbi-while-spreading-the-false-alfa-bank-trump-russia-collusion-conspiracy-on-behalf-of-clinton-campaign/</ref>
After the [[2016 Presidential election]] Sullivan took the lead along with Clinton Communications Director [[Jennifer Palmieri]] in briefing the press on the [[Trump-Russia collusion]] story.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/24/the-clinton-campaign-warned-you-about-russia-but-nobody-listened-to-us/?utm_term=.be79b30c359e </ref> In September 2021, Clinton campaign general counsel [[Michael Sussmann]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm was indicted for fabricating claims about the Trump-Russia hoax to the [[FBI]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/16/clinton-lawyer-michael-sussmann-indicted-for-lying-to-fbi-while-spreading-the-false-alfa-bank-trump-russia-collusion-conspiracy-on-behalf-of-clinton-campaign/</ref>
According to the ''New York Times'', Sussmann was charged for lying to the FBI about a hide the identity of the Clinton campaign as Sussmann pushed widely discredited claims about communications between Russia's Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization in the lead-up to the 2016 election. In the closing days of the [[2016 presidential election]], [[Hillary Clinton]] tweeted: "Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank," followed by a lengthy statement written by Jake Sullivan:
{{quotebox-float|"This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and [[Moscow]]. Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank. This secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump's ties to Russia... This line of communication may help explain Trump's bizarre adoration of [[Vladimir Putin]]. We can only assume that federal authorities will now explore this direct connection between Trump and Russia as part of their existing probe into Russia's meddling in our elections."}}
Sullivan testified that he never saw the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' until ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' published it in January 2017. He also said he met with [[Fusion GPS]] only one time, when he and Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman [[John Podesta]] met with Fusion GPS co-founder [[Glenn Simpson]] in February 2017, at which point Sullivan said he and Podesta asked Simpson about the dossier. Sullivan said Simpson called the British ex-spy "highly credible" and "really effective."<ref>https://denvergazette.com/news/jake-sullivan-pushed-alfa-bank-claim-at-center-of-durham-s-possible-indictment/article_68e2d981-63cd-5383-af94-0979a236120d.html</ref>
Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] said his team "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities." DOJ Inspector General [[Michael Horowitz]] criticized the [[Justice Department]] and the FBI for at least 17 "significant errors and omissions" related to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] warrants against Trump campaign associate [[Carter Page]] in 2016 and 2017 and for the bureau's reliance on ''Steele's dossier'', which played a "central and essential" role in the FBI's wiretap efforts. Horowitz also said Steele's main source undermined his claims of a broad Trump-Russia conspiracy.
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