Posted on 12/26/2020 5:50:49 AM PST by MtnClimber
A judge delayed the sentencing of a former FBI lawyer ensnared in special counsel John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation until after Inauguration Day.
Kevin Clinesmith, who pleaded guilty in August to falsifying a document related to the secret surveillance of 2016 Trump campaign aide Carter Page, now faces a sentencing date of Jan. 29, more than a week after President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office.
Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the D.C. District to sentence Clinesmith to as many as six months in prison to "send a message that people like the defendant — an attorney in a position of trust who others relied upon — will face serious consequences if they commit crimes that result in material misstatements or omissions to a court.”
Clinesmith's lawyer requested probation and community service for his client, arguing a more lenient sentence would be a "just punishment," as the fired FBI lawyer's "reputation has been ruined, his professional career is in shambles, and he has been unable to support his family financially at a time when he and his wife are expecting their first child."
Biden has not yet said how he will treat Durham's inquiry, but Attorney General William Barr, who left the role this week, elevated the prosecutor to special counsel status in October, which provides extra protections and independence to complete his work.
Boasberg reset the sentencing date this week as he set a deadline for responses on Jan. 5. A coalition of victims rights groups filed a motion for relief last week in support of Page's motion for relief under the Crime Victims' Rights Act.
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This guy has not talked about what he knows.
Wow - so he will never be sentenced.
Judge: “Time served. Five days community service!”
Biden pardon as his first act!
Since the lower court judges have assumed the role of SCOTUS why do we still need it?
Our justice system is dead.
Clinesmith destroys Cartre Page’s life by flat out fabricating evidence against him. Now Clinesmith will walk. This clears the way for political further retribution by the FBI against “domestic enemies”, which is to say anyone who is not a Dem.
Everyone needs to understand that the so called judges in our once great Republic are nothing more than activist morons. They are held unaccountable to no one. Their Lloyd yah politician buddies are in lock step with them. How many “judges” have been disbarred in recent history? Few to none! It’s time for a change.
hahahahahahaha….best laugh of the day.
Too likely no jail time and waiting for cover of Biden.
> Biden has not yet said how he will treat Durham’s inquiry...
But, I thought we were told that DOJ, FBI, etc. are independent agencies.
He will get his pardon then.
That is only when Trump is POTUS.
The Sniffer's second pardon will be Adumb Schitt.
“Our justice system is dead.”
Everyone is going to have to be responsible for applying their own justice. We the People Justice. Quick and appropriate.
Another Judge for the list.
Years ago, my father suggested that the penalty for murder should be 30 days in jail and your picture in the paper. The trash can be taken out pretty simply, and if somebody hits one of the Good Guys, then they will face their own justice in 30 days. I actually think we would have a safer society at the neighborhood level and a much less corrupt government that way.
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t IMAGINE why the crook, er, judge would do a thing like that!
Inauguration? To what?
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