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On Monday, special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the ongoing probe into allegations that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, unsealed documents revealing a campaign adviser admitted to lying to the FBI about his contact with Kremlin-connected individuals.

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George Papadopoulos, a 30-year-old former foreign policy adviser who is believed to be cooperating with Mueller, was arrested in July and entered a guilty plea on Oct. 5. He confessed to misleading federal agents when he was initially interviewed in January, shortly after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and before Mueller took over the investigation.

The Papadopoulos case could be an indication of what’s to come as the investigation continues. As journalist Jeremy Scahill noted, “snagging a campaign adviser like Papadopoulos can definitely lead to bigger fish.”

Papadopoulos was interviewed regarding his communication with an overseas professor with ties to the Russian government—who, according to the records released Monday, “had told him about the Russians possessing ‘dirt’ on then-candidate Hillary Clinton in the form of ‘thousands of emails'”and a handful of other Russian nationals with connections to officials at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Over a period of months, according to the statement of the offense, the former adviser “repeatedly sought to use the professor’s Russian connections in an effort to arrange a meeting between the campaign and Russian government officials.” The indictment claims that “through his false statements and omissions,” Papadopoulos “impeded the FBI’s ongoing investigation” into whether Trump campaign officials coordinated with the Russian government in attempts to influence the election.

In addition to the indictment signed by Mueller that was released Monday, CNN published an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint against Papadopoulos, detailing email exchanges between the former adviser and his Russian contacts as well as Papadopoulos’ efforts to conceal messages by shutting down a Facebook account after a February interview with the FBI.