Aug 28, 2020
DURHAM STARTS THE SCALPINGS
'You don't win the game in the first inning,' say former federal
prosecutor Ex-FBI lawyer Clinesmith pleads guilty to
falsifying email in Russia probe in Durham's first case.
John Durham to Interviewed Former CIA Director John
Brennan.
LEGAL ANALYST/AUTHOR: John O'Connor, Postgate: How the
Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and
Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism He served as an
Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the
United States in both criminal and civil cases.
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty Wednesday to falsifying an email used to support the surveillance of President Donald Trump's former campaign aide Carter Page.
The case against Clinesmith is the first to be brought by federal prosecutor John Durham, appointed last year by Attorney General William Barr to review the origins of the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Clinesmith, who worked at the FBI for four years, is accused of altering an email in 2017 that investigators relied on to justify an application to wiretap Page, according to court records. The altered email indicated that Page was "not a source" for the Central Intelligence Agency. The original email from the CIA indicated otherwise.
During a brief court appearance via telephone Wednesday, Clinesmith admitted that he altered the email but said he believed at the time that the information he added was accurate.