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Judge Hands Setback To Conspiracy Theorist Corsi In His Suit Against DOJ

A federal judge declined to assign himself to a case as sought by Jerome Corsi as part of a lawsuit against Robert Mueller. Corsi has said he rejected a guilty plea with prosecutors.

Consider it another mark of the intense interest in the Justice Department's probe of Russian election interference:

Some 40 spectators — including reporters and a sketch artist — showed up on Thursday for a hearing that hinged on whether a long-shot case seeking $350 million from special counsel Robert Mueller could be steered to a particular judge.

Jerome Corsi, a conservative commentator who helped popularize the false idea that President Barack Obama

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