Durham's Russia 'origins' probe: Request for grand jury indictment may be hours away

The special counsel is said to be targeting a conversation between attorney Michael Sussmann and an FBI employee -- but lawyers for Sussmann say their client has done nothing wrong

Edmund DeMarche , David Spunt | Fox News

 

Special Counsel John Durham, the federal prosecutor tapped during the Trump administration to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation, could be days – if not hours – from taking his case to a grand jury against a cybersecurity attorney for allegedly providing a false statement to the FBI, Fox News has learned.

But the clock is ticking.

Durham is zeroing in on a Sept. 19, 2016, conversation between the lawyer, Michael Sussmann, and an FBI employee, a source said. The statute of limitations expires this weekend and questions remain on whether he will have funding to continue his investigation past the end of the government's fiscal year on Sept. 30. Read entire article and see tweets and videos here.