a developing headline from washington at this hour. a lawyer with ties to the democratic party tonight charged with lying to the fbi. he provided information that said was possible communication between trump organization computers and a russian bank. tonight a special counsel appointed by former president trump indicting the attorney for allegedly lying about who he was representing and making those claims. let's get right to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: the special council indicted michael sussman with ties to the dnc and hillary clinton campaign and whether the trump organization was in contact with a russian bank and yielded nothing but the special counsel claims he lied to the fbi saying he was not representing any clients and suggesting he was acting as a good citizen but the special counsel believes sussman was representing a tech company and the hillary clinton campaign. attorneys for sussman say the case is baseless and unprecedented.