Kevin Clinesmith, the former FBI lawyer who altered an email during the Russia investigation that was used to justify the surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, was sentenced to one-year probation on Friday.
Clinesmith, who worked for the FBI for four years,
pleaded guilty last summer to falsifying the communication during the early stages of the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and possible ties to the Trump campaign.
The document was altered to show that Page was "not a source" for the CIA, even though the original message from the CIA indicated otherwise. The CIA had earlier told investigators in a memo that Page was an "operational contact" for the agency from 2008 to 2013 and provided information about his contacts with Russian intelligence officers.
Kevin Clinesmith had pleaded guilty to altering an email during the Russia investigation that was used to justify the surveillance of ex-Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
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Clinesmith pleaded guilty to a single false statement charge, admitting that he doctored an email that the FBI relied on as it sought court approval to eavesdrop on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2017.
A former FBI lawyer has pleaded guilty to altering a document related to the secret surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser during the Russia investigation.
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From what I am reading, the email was altered during the probe on Russia after the election, after Trump was already in office, and not before the 2016 election.
Trump's accusation is that Obama had wiretapped him before the Nov 2016 election happened.
There isn't one government agency in the world where one person or another will not make a mistake and pay the price.
I have nothing to hide. The FBI can listen on me all they want. I am glad they are trying and succeeding to catch would be terrorists, foreign and domestic, to keep us all safe.