Posted on 12/16/2021 10:05:52 AM PST by RandFan
A former senior FBI lawyer who falsified a surveillance document in the Trump-Russia investigation has been restored as a member in "good standing" by the District of Columbia Bar Association even though he has yet to finish serving out his probation as a convicted felon, according to disciplinary records obtained by RealClearInvestigations.
The move is the latest in a series of exceptions the bar has made for Kevin Clinesmith, who pleaded guilty in August 2020 to doctoring an email used to justify a surveillance warrant targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Clinesmith was sentenced to 12 months probation last January. But the D.C. Bar did not seek his disbarment, as is customary after lawyers are convicted of serious crimes involving the administration of justice. In this case, it did not even initiate disciplinary proceedings against him until February of this year — five months after he pleaded guilty and four days after RealClearInvestigations first reported he had not been disciplined. After the negative publicity, the bar temporarily suspended Clinesmith pending a review and hearing. Then in September, the court that oversees the bar and imposes sanctions agreed with its recommendation to let Clinesmith off suspension with time served; the bar, in turn, restored his status to "active member" in "good standing."
Before quietly making that decision, however, records indicate the bar did not check with his probation officer to see if he had violated the terms of his sentence or if he had completed the community service requirement of volunteering 400 hours.
To fulfill the terms of his probation, Clinesmith volunteered at Street Sense Media in Washington but stopped working at the nonprofit group last summer, which has not been previously reported.
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Of course they did.
Does anyone here still think we are a nation of laws?
Anyone? Anyone?
L
Remember, some animals are more equal than others . . .
Bueller?
Old Billy was right.
The DC Bar “rewarded” Clinesmith for his felony. makes perfect sense. “By any means necessary” is the mantra of the Left. Destroying innocent people’s lives. Committing felonies. It’s all game to these people.
Compare this to what was done to General Flynn over what was determined to be a good faith statement.
That falsified email caused a lot of legal problems for a lot of people, not only Carter Page. Is there no one willing and able to sue the damn Clinesmith. I would like to see him destitute and homeless! I do not feel Christian at all when it comes to the Russia Hoax plotters.
The Swamp is deep and corrupt.
If only there was a party to resist this.
Say’s a whole lot about the DC Bar, none of it good.
Standards ..........?....?
This has nothing to do with Clinesmith and everything to do with the rest of the scumbags in Justice & the FBI who might otherwise hesitate to not do the wrong thing:
“All good. We’ve got you covered!”
No such thing as accountability for Lefties.
He sure was!
Kevin Clinesmith, who pleaded guilty in August 2020 to doctoring an email used to justify a surveillance warrant targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
The D.C. Bar’s treatment of Clinesmith, a registered Democrat who sent anti-Trump rants to FBI colleagues after the Republican was elected, has raised questions from the start.
Normally the bar automatically suspends the license of members who plead guilty to a felony. But in Clinesmith’s case, it delayed suspending him on even an interim basis for several months and only acted after RCI revealed the break Clinesmith was given, records confirm.
: Clinesmith apparently broke the bar’s rule requiring reporting his guilty plea “promptly” to the court — within 10 days of entering it — and failed to do so for five months, reveal transcripts of a July disciplinary hearing.
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