Former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann acquitted in Trump Russia collusion case

On Tuesday, a federal jury found former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann not guilty of lying to the FBI.

According to the New York Post, the verdict came halfway through the second day of deliberations, following a two week trial.

Sussmann had been charged with one count of lying to the FBI in relations to his actions in 2016.

Prosecutors has attempted to prove that Sussmann had deliberately lied to then-FBI general Counsel James Baker by stating that he was not bringing forth the Russia collusion allegations on behalf of the Clinton Campaign and an internet executive when the pair met in 2016.

When the two met at FBI headquarters, Sussmann gave Baker two thumb drives, as well as a number of "white Papers" that alleged a secret communications channel between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which has ties to the Russian Kremlin.