Trial of Clinton campaign lawyer relitigates 2016 election fights

Michael Sussmann, a former lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, is set to go on trial Monday for a single charge of lying to the FBI, as part of Special Counsel John Durham's three-year investigation of the Trump-Russia investigation. 

But the trial is shaping up to be about something much bigger than whether Sussmann lied about his clients while passing on a tip to the FBI alleging suspicious ties between former President Donald Trump and Russia. 

Durham's prosecution team, in court documents and pre-trial hearings, has pursued a strategy of casting Sussmann's actions...