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DC bar restores status of convicted ex-FBI lawyer who deceived the FISA court during Russia probe
Just The News ^ | 12-16-21

Posted on 12/16/2021 4:33:35 PM PST by Revel

Typically, a case like Kevin Clinesmith's would end in disbarment, but not this time.

Kevin Clinesmith, the former senior FBI lawyer who was placed on probation as a convicted felon for falsifying a surveillance document during the Trump-Russia investigation, has been returned to "good standing" as a member of the D.C. Bar Association.

In August of 2020, Clinesmith pleaded guilty to doctoring an email that was then used to justify a surveillance warrant that targeted former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. As a result, Clinesmith was sentenced in January to 12 months probation, though the D.C. bar did not seek his disbarment.

In June 2017, Clinesmith changed the wording in a CIA email to state that Page was "not a source" for the spy agency, when in fact Clinesmith and the FBI had been informed on multiple occasions that Page had been a CIA asset for years.

Had the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court understood as much, the information would have severely undermined the FBI's argument for electronically monitoring Page on suspicions of him acting as a Russian agent.

Five months after Clinesmith initially pleaded guilty, the D.C. bar temporarily suspended his license pending a review and hearing. Typically, the bar automatically suspends the law license of any attorney who pleads guilty to a felony. In September, the decision was made to to let him off suspension with time served and return his status to "active member" in "good standing."

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Just like it never happened.

Pure corruption.

1 posted on 12/16/2021 4:33:35 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel

“..Pure corruption...”

No other way to call it.
It’s pure, unadulterated corruption.
Birds of a feather, flock together.


2 posted on 12/16/2021 4:38:36 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Revel

“It’s good to be a Democrat.” -Chris Plante


3 posted on 12/16/2021 4:41:53 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm in the control group. I identify as "vaccinated".🤡)
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To: Revel

The folks at that bar have all been drinking the kool-aid.


4 posted on 12/16/2021 4:42:17 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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To: lgjhn23
ED2-A260-C-47-B3-432-D-A201-29-B0-EBCB4-DC4

John Durham has been at it awhile.




5 posted on 12/16/2021 4:43:04 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Revel

He will probably get a cushy position teaching law.


6 posted on 12/16/2021 4:43:19 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Revel

Sure, they need more dirtbags like him.


7 posted on 12/16/2021 4:43:33 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Revel

Carter needs to personally sue him.


8 posted on 12/16/2021 4:45:30 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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When the Judge sentenced him to probation, the Judge called him a good man.

He intentionally changed Documents to plant evidence, if you will.

John Roberts is in charge of the FISA Court, and he’s happy with the radicals running it as party of “Trump Resistance.”

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9 posted on 12/16/2021 4:48:29 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Revel

Further proof of our two-tiered system of justice. They don’t even pretend anymore, that’s how much they GAF about what we think!


10 posted on 12/16/2021 4:54:00 PM PST by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon! )
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To: Revel

America! What a country!


11 posted on 12/16/2021 5:02:55 PM PST by Dogbert41 ("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
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To: Kid Shelleen

He can go back to work at the justice department.


12 posted on 12/16/2021 5:07:58 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel
Not surprising. Many (including myself many months ago) predicted this would happen. He'll get his old job back in the government, and continue being a corrupt POS.
13 posted on 12/16/2021 5:19:14 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (It's becoming more difficult to tell the difference between a RINO and a Marxist.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

It doesn’t matter. We’re all going to be face down before The Judge one day.


14 posted on 12/16/2021 5:20:41 PM PST by Dogbert41 ("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
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To: Revel

When Durham didn’t get any information from him for his one charge, we all knew the fix was in.

“Where Justice Ends, Tyranny Begins”

We are living in a Fascist Tyrannical State.


15 posted on 12/16/2021 5:31:02 PM PST by stockpirate (Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God., Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins.)
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To: Revel

When Durham didn’t get any information from him for his one charge, we all knew the fix was in.

“Where Justice Ends, Tyranny Begins”

We are living in a Fascist Tyrannical State.


16 posted on 12/16/2021 5:31:03 PM PST by stockpirate (Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God., Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins.)
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To: Revel

LIE to a FEDERAL Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court— about an AMERICAN CITIZEN, a top tier graduate of the United States Naval Academy, serving Naval Officer and KNOWN trusted and utilized Russian speaking expert in Russian domestic and military affairs.

LIE ABOUT THIS— to a Federal Court, as an ATTORNEY. And get your license to practice returned? Since WHEN! Of course this is in the Discontinued (D.C.) city Bar. Anywhere else— find another job.


17 posted on 12/16/2021 6:01:23 PM PST by John S Mosby ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Revel
Story of two lawyers: Lawyer # 1. The Bar asks “is it correct that you changed a document to mean the entirely opposite of what was written, which is considered fraud. You then presented this document to a federal judge stating that it was accurate, which is considered lying to a judge. Are these facts correct”...... lawyer # 1 “yes”. The Bar “ok, you are suspended, do you want your license back now? Ok, here it is, have a nice day.”

Lawyer # 2 asked by The Bar “were you in the same State as former President?” Lawyer # 2 “well I took my family to Disney World while Trump visited his home in Palm Beach. But the two locations are almost 200 miles apart and we never spoke or saw Trump.” The Bar “licensee permanently suspended!” “next case.....”

18 posted on 12/16/2021 6:13:20 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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