Trump-Era Special Counsel Indicts Lawyer Tied to Hillary Clinton

A private lawyer with links to Democrats and Hillary Clinton was indicted Thursday by Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham over allegations that he made a false statement to the FBI in 2016, as an inquiry into the origins of the bureau’s Russia probe grinds on.

The lawyer, Michael Sussmann, met with the FBI’s then-general counsel in September 2016 to convey information that might have indicated a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and a Russia-based bank, according to the 27-page indictment.

Sussmann told the FBI official that he wasn’t providing the allegations on behalf of any ...