Durham Charges Former FBI Attorney Who Altered Email in Crossfire Hurricane Probe

John Durham (L) was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven, Connecticut, on Feb. 22, 2018. Courtesy of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut

U.S. Attorney John Durham on August 14 charged a former FBI attorney with making a false statement, the first prosecution brought as part of an inquiry into the handling of Crossfire Hurricane, the codename for the FBI’s troubled investigation of the Trump campaign.

Durham charged Kevin Clinesmith with one count of making a false statement committed in the process of vetting for a warrant application to spy on a former Trump campaign associate, Carter Page.