Posted on 08/19/2020 11:25:11 AM PDT by knighthawk
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia James Boasberg accepted the plea. Clinesmith's sentencing date has been set for Dec. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
Clinesmith was referred for potential prosecution by the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office, which conducted its own review of the Russia investigation.
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I hope the fish keep getting bigger.
So.. is that it?
Nailed a flunkie. As predicted.
Clinesmith’s sentencing date has been set for Dec. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
Punted until after the election? Mission Accomplished.
No, just the opposite, he’ll need to proffer his testimony against others now. If, he wants his sentence reduced.
Picking-up Al Capone’s driver for too many parking tickets.
Better not be.
No, just the opposite, he’ll need to proffer his testimony against others now. If, he wants his sentence reduced.
The judge here is the head FISA court judge, too. And what has he done about the fraud upon the FISA court? NOTHING.
The perp guaranteed a slap on the wrist here. GUARANTEED. He won’t be dropping a dime on the others. Sorry.
And even pleading guilty, I expect he will get virtually no punishment.
JoMa
If Biden wins, no jail time
Got to love how they are starting the drip drip drip.
If they get to aggressive before the election it will be seen as political retribution.
The hammers fall in mid November!
Only gets 6 months in Jail.
He better be naming names for that short sentence.
Hopefully they’ll move to sentencing faster than with LTG Flynn.
His text messages were as bad as Strock’s:
“Later, he himself was so concerned about his role in framing the Trump campaign that he wrote fretful text messages: “I am so stressed about what I could have done differently,” he sighed. “Plus, my god damned name is all over the legal documents investigating [Trump’s] staff.”
“It’s beyond doubt that Clinesmith longed to see Trump toppled: In a Nov. 22, 2016, text message discussion about Trump, Clinesmith cheered: “Viva le Resistance!”
What do you expect a judge to do? The executive branch investigates, brings charges, and prosecutes. The judge can refer a matter to them in hopes that an investigation will take place. That old pesky three equal branches and all that....
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