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A federal grand jury has indicted cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann as part of a special counsel’s probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, alleging he lied to the FBI general counsel. Read the indictment: Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Sussmann’s name. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia
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Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal grand jury has indicted cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann as part of a special counsel’s probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, alleging he lied to the FBI general counsel. The indictment comes as special counsel John Durham is nearing the conclusion of his more than
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