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Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in Durham look at Russia probe
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Posted on 08/14/2020 8:44:32 AM PDT by janetjanet998

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. The case against Kevin Clinesmith is likely to be cheered by President Donald Trump and his supporters as they look to the Durham investigation to lift Trump’s wobbly reelection prospects and to expose what they see as wrongdoing as the FBI opened an investigation into whether the Trump campaign was coordinating with the Kremlin to sway the outcome of the 2016 election.

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KEYWORDS: 1; clinesmith; fbi; fisa; kevinclinesmith
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1 posted on 08/14/2020 8:44:32 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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damn

Mods please fix title
Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in Durham’s Trump-Russia probe


2 posted on 08/14/2020 8:45:14 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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Low hanging fruit.


3 posted on 08/14/2020 8:45:35 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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“A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.” Then he’ll be told to not do that anymore.


4 posted on 08/14/2020 8:45:47 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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And that’s a wrap!


5 posted on 08/14/2020 8:46:18 AM PDT by JonPreston (Covid19 is communist Chinese bioweapon)
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To: janetjanet998

Maybe he rolled on some of the bigger fish.


6 posted on 08/14/2020 8:46:30 AM PDT by shelterguy
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ppfffftttt (as opposed to “boom” ... so far, anyway)


7 posted on 08/14/2020 8:47:00 AM PDT by glennaro (Prager: Being on the Left makes people cowards)
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I expect 1yr probation and he keeps his law license.


8 posted on 08/14/2020 8:47:21 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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I’m glad that there was not a shred of editorializing in that article.


9 posted on 08/14/2020 8:47:42 AM PDT by bagman
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Punish the monkeys, let the organ-grinders go.


10 posted on 08/14/2020 8:47:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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Never heard of a wobbly landslide before. Hahahaha.


11 posted on 08/14/2020 8:48:46 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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Mark, is that you?

GREAT song...and pickin’!!!


12 posted on 08/14/2020 8:49:12 AM PDT by newfreep
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I remember some people in FreeRepublic said that there would be no indictments. This is a minor player but hopefully this will lead to bigger players.


13 posted on 08/14/2020 8:50:46 AM PDT by convoter2016
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A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement

Didn't Kevin Clinesmith alter an email to mislead the fisa court? That seems a lot more serious then making a false statement.
14 posted on 08/14/2020 8:51:09 AM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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Low hanging fruit.

That "fruit" had already dropped to the ground. Next they'll be inditing McCabe who even the FIB says lied repeatedly. I bet they make them say five Hail Marys and promise not to do it again.

15 posted on 08/14/2020 8:51:29 AM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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Low hanging fruit.

Justice will only be complete when Brennan is hanging high.

16 posted on 08/14/2020 8:51:35 AM PDT by PGR88
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Clinesmith is being charged in federal court in Washington and is expected to plead guilty to one county of making a false statement, his attorney Justin Shur told The Associated Press.

So is changing an e-mail considered a “false statement”

he did he drop that potential charge because he lied in another matter?


17 posted on 08/14/2020 8:51:49 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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So this is the news from Durham we’ve been hearing about? Yawn.....


18 posted on 08/14/2020 8:52:07 AM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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Agree 100%


19 posted on 08/14/2020 8:52:20 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: epluribus_2

Well, landslides happen when land becomes wobbly... LOL


20 posted on 08/14/2020 8:52:47 AM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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