Trump Seeks to Turn Durham Case Bust Into Clinton Lawsuit Boon

  • Former president adds Sussmann case details to conspiracy suit
  • Clinton has called suit a grievance-filled ‘fundraising tool’

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The acquittal last month of a former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer accused of lying to the FBI was a blow to Republicans who wanted to take the Russia probe down a notch. But it wasn’t a total loss for Donald Trump.

The former president on Tuesday night amended his March lawsuit accusing Clinton of leading a vast conspiracy against him to add details gleaned from testimony and evidence from Special Counsel John Durham’s failed prosecution of longtime Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann last month in Washington.