Top Biden aide Jake Sullivan under fire amid Durham indictments, botched Afghanistan exit
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 7, 2021, in Washington. Sullivan is traveling to Saudi Arabia on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, to meet with Crown Prince Mohamed bin ... more >
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times - Updated: 7:07 p.m. on Wednesday, November 17, 2021
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, already under fire for his role in the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, is facing growing calls to resign amid questions about a suspected connection to debunked claims of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Multiple reports surfaced last week that Mr. Sullivan, a longtime confidant of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a two-time presidential hopeful, is the “foreign policy adviser” named in special counsel John Durham’s indictment last week of Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann, charged with lying to the FBI about what he knew about Mr. Trump and Russia.
Citing “well-placed sources,” Fox News first reported that Mr. Sullivan is the adviser in question. The news report appeared to tie Mr. Sullivan to Clinton campaign efforts to amplify the Russian collusion narrative during the height of the 2016 race.
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