A May 2022 order in United States v. Sussmann, No. 21-cr-582 (D.D.C.), describes two sets of handwritten notes from a March 6, 2017, meeting at FBI headquarters. The court recites the defense proffer: a briefing for then-Acting Attorney General Dana Boente on Russia-related investigations. Attendees from DOJ included Boente, Mary McCord, Tashina Gauhar, and Scott Schools. FBI attendees included Andrew McCabe, James Baker, Trisha Anderson, and William Priestap.
The order says the McCord and Gauhar notes suggest McCabe told the group the Alfa Bank allegations were shared by an attorney on behalf of his client, or by an attorney who had a client but did not say who the client was. That is the court describing exhibits. It is not a finding that McCord committed a crime. Sussmann was the defendant. McCord was later a defense witness. The jury verdict in that case is not restated here as a fact about her.
Fox News covered the Sussmann trial and the 2017 notes. The Federalist, May 19, 2022, wrote that 2017 handwritten notes showed FBI agents misled DOJ on the Trump-Russia investigation — commentary/reporting, not a court caption against McCord. The New York Post, May 13, 2022, reported the same filing. NTD listed exhibit numbers for McCord notes. Always-check note: no dedicated Daily Wire, Breitbart, RCP, Gateway Pundit, OANN, or Deep Capture piece is used as a unique URL for this episode.