Wednesday 1 June 2022 11:49 PM Hillary Clinton steps out in the Big Apple for the first time since Michael ... trends now
Former First Lady and ex-presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton stepped out on the town Wednesday for the first time since her campaign attorney was acquitted of lying to the FBI when sending agents dirt on Donald Trump's alleged links to a bank backed by Moscow.
Clinton, 74, was seen walking the streets of New York City on Wednesday, wearing a long, colorful striped coat that ran down to her knees, as well as black pants and blue high heels.
She was seen wearing a black KN95 facemask as she walked outside, flanked by a Secret Service agent.
At one point, Clinton could be seen talking to a young supporter who spotted her as she walked.
The outing marks the first time the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate was seen in public since her campaign attorney, Michael Sussman, was found not guilty of lying to the FBI on Tuesday, in the first trial of Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into what sparked the investigation into Trump's campaign.
She has not commented publicly on the acquittal, but after the jury forewoman announced the decision, Sussman told reporters: 'I told the truth to the FBI, and the jury clearly recognized that with their unanimous verdict today. I'm grateful to the members of the jury for their careful, thoughtful service.'
'Despite being falsely accused, I'm relieved that justice ultimately prevailed in my case.' He added that the past year had been 'difficult' on him and his family.
'But right now we are just grateful for the love and support of so many during this ordeal and I look forward to getting back to the work I love,' the attorney said.
Former First Lady and ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was seen walking the streets of New York City on Wednesday wearing a long, colorful coat, with black pants and high heels
Clinton, 74, donned a black KN95 facemask as she walked outside, flanked by a Secret Service agent
At one point, Clinton stopped to talk to a young supporter who spotted Clinton on her outing
The outing came just one day after a federal jury found former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, left, not guilty of lying to the FBI when bringing agents dirt on rival Donald Trump's alleged ties to a Russian bank
Prosecutors claimed that Sussmann misrepresented himself to former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker when he asked for a meeting in 2016, where he then presented purported evidence connecting the Trump Organization and a top Russian bank.
Durham claimed the attorney posed himself as a concerned citizen when in reality he was working on behalf of Hillary Clinton and a tech executive named Rodney Joffe.
They showed the jury emails, law firm billing records and even a Staples receipt for thumb drives to tie Sussman to the Clinton campaign.
Prosecutors also argued the lie was part of a larger scheme by Clinton's loyalists to use the FBI and news reporters to lunch a damaging last-minute revelation against Trump.
'You can see what the plan was,' Assistant Special Counsel Andrew DeFilippis said, according to the Washington Post. 'It was to create an October surprise by giving information both to the media and to the FBI to get the media to write that there was an FBI investigation.'
He further claimed that Sussman lied because if he had told the FBI he was acting on behalf of Clinton, the FBI was less likely to consider his evidence or open an investigation.
Baker even told a jury earlier this month that denying acting on behalf of 'any particular client' was
