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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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1; clinesmith; fbi; fisa; kevinclinesmith
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To: JoSixChip

Didn’t Kevin Clinesmith alter an email to mislead the fisa court? That seems a lot more serious then making a false statement.


Maybe they let him plead down.


21 posted on 08/14/2020 8:52:57 AM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: janetjanet998

Sure hope someone files a complaint with the bar association. Otherwise it will just be a slap on the wrist.


22 posted on 08/14/2020 8:53:20 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Life is anecdotal)
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To: bagman

I’m glad that there was not a shred of editorializing in that article.
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My thoughts exactly.


23 posted on 08/14/2020 8:53:25 AM PDT by TheRake (If they can force you to wear a mask, they can force you to do other things. Just the beginning.)
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To: janetjanet998
Trump’s wobbly reelection prospects and to expose what they see as wrongdoing as the FBI

Not much editorializing here. So when someone other than Flynn pleads guilty it's not seen as wrongdoing?

24 posted on 08/14/2020 8:53:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: JonPreston

And that’s a wrap!

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LOL. Now put a bow on the report and Durham is done!


25 posted on 08/14/2020 8:53:55 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: convoter2016

This is good news yet the snivelers still piss and moan.


26 posted on 08/14/2020 8:54:01 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Wut?)
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To: shelterguy

“Maybe he rolled on some of the bigger fish.”

Oh, how I hope you are right!! Why am I a skeptic??


27 posted on 08/14/2020 8:54:39 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: janetjanet998

They will probably hand the trial to His Dishonorable Sullivan, who will, in turn try to prosecute Durham for bring the indictment.


28 posted on 08/14/2020 8:54:57 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: icclearly

without a bigger fish, this is sedition,
and he should HANG.


29 posted on 08/14/2020 9:01:07 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
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To: Sirius Lee

Clinesmith caught framing Carter Page; this is his lawyer admitting.

There is no trial. There is however sentencing after a likely deal.
This must be the small item AG Barr referenced coming out today.

People lost, this is the opening salvo exposing ObamaGate. A soldier in the Obama resistance is nailed.


30 posted on 08/14/2020 9:02:00 AM PDT by romanesq (Flubro, from the people who brought you the stupidity of grifters & the letter Q)
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To: nesnah

They will let him walk because he’ll claim that there was “no intent.”


31 posted on 08/14/2020 9:02:57 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: janetjanet998

...a low level scapegoat....

that’ll be all...


32 posted on 08/14/2020 9:05:04 AM PDT by wny
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To: Manic_Episode
"This is good news yet the snivelers still piss and moan."

The colonists beating back the British at Lexington and Concord was good news, but there remained a lot more to be done before it became truly meaningful.

33 posted on 08/14/2020 9:06:16 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: convoter2016
This is a minor player but hopefully this will lead to bigger players.

Durham has about 27 working days before the election.

34 posted on 08/14/2020 9:10:12 AM PDT by JonPreston (Covid19 is communist Chinese bioweapon)
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To: bagman
I’m glad that there was not a shred of editorializing in that article.

"to lift Trump’s wobbly reelection prospects"

No kidding.

35 posted on 08/14/2020 9:10:36 AM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

he BETTER lose his LAW LICENSE along with having to PAY REPARATIONS and JAIL TIME!!


36 posted on 08/14/2020 9:11:09 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: janetjanet998

Well Comey or Wray....we’re waiting....


37 posted on 08/14/2020 9:18:26 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Agree. I hope I’m way off base but I’ve always believed, IF anyone is found guilty in the numerous lies/hoaxes of Dems and friends, it will be a low level person. They’ll be thrown under the bus but, most likely, get slap on hand and ....devious Dems and media allies will continue collusion.


38 posted on 08/14/2020 9:21:17 AM PDT by 4integrity
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To: Joe 6-pack

The daily pile on by sniveling poo butt freepers is more akin to the pansy ass spies who said they were mere grasshoppers compared to the giants in the land.


39 posted on 08/14/2020 9:22:39 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Wut?)
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To: janetjanet998

Really, one false statement charge? That’s it? Not impressed unless he plans to turn State’s Evidence.


40 posted on 08/14/2020 9:24:06 AM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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