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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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.”
Which past IG report have you been satisfied with?
Are there any that gave you a warm fuzzy feeling inside?
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.
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!”
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.
Did I hear correctly over the Summer I think , that sessions started a new Hillary email probe ?
Isn’t it great these people are given such a long heads up. Sure hope they don’t destroy any evidence or anything.
Get RosenWeasel first...
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.
The Bidens should take note of this.
“Code named = Corn Pop”
Not T-bone?
I would say a dirty cop once a dirty cop always. I just hope Durham is a true patriot.
Fall guy. Might as well give him Epstein’s cell.
My biggest disappointment is that it is already being reported that the changes didn’t materially affect the FISA warrants.
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.
ONG!! THIS guy is the DEFINITION of SCAPEGOAT!!! NO ONE has EVER heard of this creep!!
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
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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
That is an early conclusion of media types (with sucky past accuracy) and it might not survive release of the report. We shall see.
Will he get the Roger Stone treatment or “professional courtesy”?
This guy was running a coup against the President out of his cubicle—riiiiighttttt.......
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