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Macky CH/iStock(WASHINGTON) A lawyer whose firm represented Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 presidential election was indicted Thursday by special counsel John Durham on a single charge of making a false statement to the FBI. Michael Sussmann, an attorney for the Perkins Coie law firm who previously represented the Democratic National Committee following the hacking of its servers by Russia during the 2016 campaign, is accused of lying "about the capacity in which he was providing allegations to the FBI" when he met with a top lawyer from the bureau in September 2016 and provided him information about potential ties between a Russian bank and computer servers in the Trump Organization. "Specifically, SUSSMANN state falsely that he was not doing his work on the aforementioned allegations "for any client," which led the FBI General Counsel (James A. Baker) to understand that SUSSMANN was acting as a good citizen merely passing along information,

New yorkUnited statesMichael bosworthDonald trumpJamesa bakerKevin clinesmithPerkins coieMichael sussmannSean berkowitzRobert muellerJohn durhamHillary clintonWilliam barrDepartment of justiceNew york timesDemocratic national committee