mainly a u.s. technology industry and the hillary clinton presidential campaign. sussmann s lawyers slammed the indictment. at its core, the special counsel is bringing a false statement charge based on an oral statement allegedly made five years ago to a single witness that was unrecorded. durham was appointed as special counsel during the trump investigation to investigate how other agencies handled the russia probe. still ahead federal, state and local law enforcement is on high alert. we ll talk to former fbi special agent clint watts on what we can expect tomorrow. but before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake? it s friday. e-mail your reasons to waytooearly@msnbc.com. we ll read our favorite answers