Clinton campaign’s 11th hour attorney privilege ploy likely to backfire in Durham case

“…Opposition research meant to be made public, plus previous waivers will negate tactic, experts say.

The top brass at Hillary Clinton’s defunct presidential campaign made quite a splash last week, making an 11th hour request to block the release of evidence in Special Counsel John Durham’s upcoming trial against attorney Michael Sussmann by arguing it is protected by attorney-client privilege.

But the sweeping requests for confidentiality — including research from former MI6 agent and opposition researcher Christopher Steele — face a high hurdle, experts told Just the News.

That’s because the very subjects the Clinton campaign now seeks to protect — such as its now-discredited anti-Trump research — were widely distributed without regard to privilege for years…”