Conservative writer and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with special counsel Robert Mueller, as we get closer to finding out whether the Trump campaign can be linked to WikiLeaks.
The talks with Corsi — an associate of GOP operative Roger Stone — could bring Mueller’s team closer to determining whether Trump or his advisers were linked to WikiLeaks’ release of hacked Democratic emails in 2016, a key part of his long-running inquiry.
Corsi provided research on Democratic figures during the campaign to Stone, a longtime Trump adviser.
For months, the special counsel has been scrutinizing Stone’s activities in an effort to determine whether he coordinated with WikiLeaks.
Stone and WikiLeaks have repeatedly denied any such coordination.
Stone has said that Corsi also has a relationship with President Trump, built on their shared interest in the falsehood that President Obama was not born in the United States.
Corsi confirmed the plea negotiations after they were first reported by The Washington Post on Friday.
“It’s true. Your story is accurate,” he said, declining to comment further except to say there may be further developments next week.