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Mueller lawyer with anti-Trump bias is ex-FBI official facing FISA criminal investigation
Washington Examiner ^ | November 22, 2019 04:46 PM | Updated Nov 22, 2019, 05:21 PM | Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy

Posted on 11/22/2019 4:35:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The FBI lawyer who is under criminal investigation for allegedly falsifying a document related to the surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser expressed negative opinions of President Trump in messages to colleagues.

Kevin Clinesmith, who once was part of special counsel Robert Mueller's team, has been identified as the attorney who could face a criminal charge as part of U.S. Attorney John Durham's expansive criminal investigation into the origins of the Russia inquiry, according to the New York Times.

As part of the Justice Department watchdog's now-completed investigation into alleged surveillance abuses, Clinesmith was found to have altered an email that was used by officials as they prepared an application renewal to present before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to obtain a warrant to electronically surveil Carter Page, a onetime foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign.

Clinesmith was an attorney with the FBI’s National Security and Cyber Law Branch and worked under FBI General Counsel James Baker and Deputy General Counsel Trisha Anderson. He had worked on the Clinton email investigation as well as the Trump-Russia probe and resigned two months ago after being interviewed by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's team, who sent a referral to Durham, the prosecutor from Connecticut tasked with reviewing the Russia case by Attorney General William Barr.

Horowitz's investigators found Clinesmith falsely asserted he had documentation to back up a claim while in talks with the Justice Department about the factual basis for a FISA warrant application renewal. He then took an email from an official from another agency that contained multiple factual assertions, added material of his own, and gave it to a fellow FBI official who was preparing an affidavit for the Page case.

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To: MNJohnnie

Republicans fight with marshmallows, even making sure they don’t attack or hurt the Dems feelings. Watching these Fox shows, Dobbs etc... is downright boring. There’s never a moment when you say, “Yeah. Get them.”


21 posted on 11/22/2019 4:57:43 PM PST by Luke21
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To: MAGAthon

Which past IG report have you been satisfied with?
Are there any that gave you a warm fuzzy feeling inside?


22 posted on 11/22/2019 4:59:11 PM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: MAGAthon

Spare us the Don Quixote. They cheat in elections and do as they please. They won’t listen to the president, but you say they will listen to us and some kind of “pressure” we can assert in fairytale land. Pass me the magic lamp, Aladdin.


23 posted on 11/22/2019 5:00:22 PM PST by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Anyone read the whole article? In it, you may be astounded by the quotes from this attorney who worked for the FBI on top secret warrants, such as FISA.

Like, you know, uh, a, a, um, it was like just my personal opinion.

Exact quote: “Viva le resistance!”


24 posted on 11/22/2019 5:00:51 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine, education and our forests)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I get the feeling that the IG report is a pile of hsit. However, from Barr’s recent talks, he didn’t wait for the pile of excrement to start investigating.


25 posted on 11/22/2019 5:00:54 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!)
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To: tennmountainman

Did I hear correctly over the Summer I think , that sessions started a new Hillary email probe ?


26 posted on 11/22/2019 5:05:25 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Isn’t it great these people are given such a long heads up. Sure hope they don’t destroy any evidence or anything.


27 posted on 11/22/2019 5:09:20 PM PST by John 3_19-21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Get RosenWeasel first...


28 posted on 11/22/2019 5:10:04 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As I suspected. Nail a little guy and let the bosses go.

Yup, DC in action, just like the 30 years I watched them while I was a contractor. To the Senior Executive Service no-one else matters they run the government.


29 posted on 11/22/2019 5:12:09 PM PST by Agatsu77
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To: gov_bean_ counter

The Bidens should take note of this.


30 posted on 11/22/2019 5:13:03 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: AnthonySoprano

“Code named = Corn Pop”

Not T-bone?


31 posted on 11/22/2019 5:15:39 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: janetjanet998

I would say a dirty cop once a dirty cop always. I just hope Durham is a true patriot.


32 posted on 11/22/2019 5:22:25 PM PST by pnut22
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To: ought-six

Fall guy. Might as well give him Epstein’s cell.


33 posted on 11/22/2019 5:30:44 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: MAGAthon

My biggest disappointment is that it is already being reported that the changes didn’t materially affect the FISA warrants.


34 posted on 11/22/2019 5:32:25 PM PST by pnut22
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This guy just drew the short straw. He goes down and the rest of the swamp goes free.

Wouldn’t surprise me if this guy was diagnosed with terminal cancer and Soros promised to take care of his family if he took the fall.

If he’s the only one charged then the fix is in.


35 posted on 11/22/2019 5:34:08 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

ONG!! THIS guy is the DEFINITION of SCAPEGOAT!!! NO ONE has EVER heard of this creep!!


36 posted on 11/22/2019 5:44:18 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Agatsu77

They’re driving long nails into coffins
You’ve been having sleepless nights
You’ve gone as quiet as a church mouse
And checking on your rights
The boss has hung you out to dry
And it looks as though
Punish the monkey
And let the organ grinder goYou’ve been talking to a lawyer
Are you going to pretend
That you and your employer
Are still the best of friends
Somebody’s gonna take the fall
There’s your quid pro quo
Punish the monkey
Punish the monkey, yeah
Punish the monkey
And let the organ grinder go
Related

Here comes a police man
He won’t be side-tracked.
He’s asking ‘bout a smoking gun
He’s after the badIt’s a quiet life from here on in
You dropped your poisoned cup
The telephone is ringing
But you’re not picking up
Times I’ve said are funky
And everybody knows
Punish the monkey
Punish the monkey, yeah
Punish the monkey
And let the organ grinder go
Punish the monkey
Punish the monkey, yeah
Punish the monkey
And let the organ grinder go

Punish the Monkey - Mark Knopfler


37 posted on 11/22/2019 5:45:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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To: pnut22
My biggest disappointment is that it is already being reported that the changes didn’t materially affect the FISA warrants.

That is an early conclusion of media types (with sucky past accuracy) and it might not survive release of the report. We shall see.

38 posted on 11/22/2019 5:47:10 PM PST by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Will he get the Roger Stone treatment or “professional courtesy”?


39 posted on 11/22/2019 5:49:50 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Ann Archy

This guy was running a coup against the President out of his cubicle—riiiiighttttt.......


40 posted on 11/22/2019 5:52:11 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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