Sussmann jury asks to see exhibits as deliberations resume, verdict could come as early as Tuesday

The jury in the trial of 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann continued deliberations Tuesday by asking to see a couple of government exhibits.

Closing arguments in the trial in which Sussmann is accused to lying to the FBI, in connection with the Russia collusion plot, closed Friday. The jury deliberated for several hours before being dismissed for the long holiday weekend.

The trial is now in its eleventh day.

Special Counsel John Durham last year charged Sussmann with lying to the FBI when he allegedly told then-bureau general counsel James Baker that he was not working on behalf of any client while providing him with since-debunked allegations regarding a secret communications channel between the Russian Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization. 

Durham says Sussmann, who at the time was also a private attorney, was working on behalf of two clients, the Clinton campaign and former tech firm executive Rodney Joffe, when he presented Baker with two computer thumb drives of data and whites papers that Sussmann said supports an alleged connection between the organization and the bank, which has connections to the Kremlin. 

Prosecution attorney Jonathan Algor has called the material "pure opposition research." 

The meeting occurred on Sept. 19, 2016, just weeks before Trump-Clinton Election Day.

Sussmann is pleading not guilty to the charge. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.   

The trial is being held in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before Judge Christopher Cooper.

A verdict is expected sometime this week.