U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper of the District of Columbia, who is presiding over the Sussmann case which begins tomorrow, is married to lawyer Amy Jeffress, who represented FBI lawyer Lisa Page.
Cooper, an Obama-appointee, and Jeffress, a former top aide to Attorney General Eric Holder, are well connected in the Democrat party. Merrick Garland even presided over their 1999 wedding.
John Durham did not ask Judge Cooper to recuse himself.