What John Durham's Court Filing Alleges

Special Counsel John Durham alleged in a court filing last week that a lawyer for Democrats shared data with a federal agency allegedly showing the use of Russian-made phones near the White House in 2017.

The February 11 filing also accuses attorney Michael Sussmann of lying to the FBI in September 2016, when he said he was not working "for any client" when he presented the agency with purported evidence of covert communications between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank.

Former President Donald Trump has always said he was unfairly smeared by Hillary Clinton's campaign and Democratic operatives who aimed to connect him and his campaign to Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Durham is investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into Russian interference.