A filing from Durham on Thursday argued his reasons for making public findings asserting a tech executive with whom Sussmann was working to dig up dirt on Trump were “valid” and any media misinterpretations do not “undermine” the facts.

Sussmann, a Democratic cybersecurity lawyer, was indicted last year for allegedly concealing his clients, including Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, from the FBI when he pushed since-debunked claims of a secret back channel between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa Bank. Durham revealed last week he has evidence that Sussmann’s other client, known to be former Neustar executive Rodney Joffe, “exploited” domain name system internet traffic at Trump Tower, Trump’s Central Park West apartment building, and “the Executive Office of the President of the United States.”

In seeking to convince a federal judge to throw out the revelations from the special counsel, Sussmann’s legal team argued this week that Durham’s Friday filing included false and irrelevant allegations “plainly intended to politicize this case, inflame media coverage, and taint the jury pool.” Durham flatly retorted Thursday “that is simply not true.”