Yes, the CNN producer was lied to or is making this up of whole cloth.
CNN reporters are “familiar with the FBI’s investigation”. They chatted it up over a cup of coffee and presto! a “news” story.
CNN and just about every other liberal outlet has had the same line about ‘sources’ not expecting charges in every article on the subject for months so either the FBI has wasted every resource possible on a futile investigation or it is pretty much an obvious effort at spin.