Ex-FBI lawyer spared prison for altering Trump-Russia probe email
Source: Politico
The only person charged in the Justice Department's investigation into the origins of the probe of former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and its ties to Russia was spared prison time for altering an email used to support a surveillance application.
Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith, 38, received the sentence of 12 months probation and 400 hours community service from U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg Friday during a video hearing.
Clinesmith admitted that in June 2017 he sent an altered email to an FBI agent that indicated a target of court-ordered FBI surveillance, former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, was "not a source" for the Central Intelligence Agency. The statement, passed along as the FBI was applying for a third extension of surveillance of Page, made Page's actions seem more suspicious by downplaying his past cooperation with the CIA.
Clinesmith insisted that he thought the statement was true at the time and only altered the message to save himself the hassle of procuring another email from the CIA. Prosecutors contested that claim, arguing that the FBI lawyer intended to mislead his colleague, but Boasberg sided with the defense on that point.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/fbi-lawyer-trump-russia-probe-email-463750
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Will he be disbarred as well?
msfiddlestix
(7,278 posts)I just hope Page meets justice via Karma soon.
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Bayard
(22,061 posts)Illegal spying!
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)I wonder.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)On June 17, 2010, President Barack Obama formally nominated Boasberg to the District Court for the District of Columbia. Boasberg was confirmed on March 14, 2011 by a vote of 96 ayes to 0 nays. He received his commission on March 17, 2011.
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)Thanks.