Jerome Corsi has operated on the fringes of American politics for decades, as a conservative author, journalist and sometime conspiracy theorist most famous as a leading proponent of the Obama birther movement.
But his name has hit the headlines as the Russia investigation moves into its final phase, as the special counsel Robert Mueller gets deeper into a possible missing link between Wikileaks, hacked Democrat emails and key players close to Donald Trump.
It is scrutiny that Mr Corsi, 72, has been quick to weaponise, using the probe as leverage to boost his public profile and feed his left-field theories.
“If they indict me, so be it,” he told The Telegraph. “I get a bigger platform.”
Mr…