Ex-Clinton Lawyer Sussmann Joins Fenwick Year After Acquittal

April 3, 2023, 2:42 PM UTC

Michael Sussmann, a prominent cybersecurity attorney who last year was acquitted of lying to the FBI, has joined Fenwick & West as a partner in Washington, DC, the firm said Monday.

Sussmann’s move to the tech-focused law firm comes nearly a year after a federal jury in Washington cleared him of making a materially false statement to the federal agency.

The former Perkins Coie partner was working with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign when he came forward with a faulty tip on then-candidate Donald Trump weeks before the election. Sussmann was accused of lying to the FBI about the identity ...

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