On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled Special Counsel John Durham may proceed with his office’s prosecution against Clinton-connected lawyer Michael Sussmann for making a false statement to the FBI in 2016.

The Hill reports:

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper denied a motion from Michael Sussmann to dismiss the single charge against him, which stems from a 2016 meeting with the FBI’s top lawyer to present evidence supposedly linking then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to a Russian bank.

Cooper, who was appointed by former President Obama, said in his decision Wednesday that the legal challenges raised by Sussmann’s lawyers against the Durham indictment may have some merit but cannot be fully ruled on in the pretrial stage.

“The battle lines thus are drawn, but the Court cannot resolve this standoff prior to trial,” the judge wrote in a six-page decision.

Trial is set to begin next month over Durham’s allegation that Sussmann lied during the 2016 meeting by telling the FBI’s general counsel that he was not acting on behalf of any clients in presenting the evidence when in fact he was there in his capacity as an attorney for Rodney Joffe, a cybersecurity executive.

Sussmann has pleaded not guilty.