Looks like we get our first REAL look at how bad they had to get, and how low they had to crawl in the mud to get a warrant to survail people close to Trump.
Kevin Clinesmith plans to admit to one charge of altering an email to another official in 2017 that said Page wasn’t a previous government source, when he had been one.
But he’s oh so sorry he did it.
“Kevin deeply regrets having altered the email,” Clinesmith’s lawyer, Justin Shur, said in a statement Friday. “It was never his intent to mislead the court or his colleagues as he believed the information he relayed was accurate. But Kevin understands what he did was wrong and accepts responsibility.”
Keyword in his I’m so so sorry . . . . COURT.
CNN won’t touch that word or why it’s in the appology with a 6 foot pole (I used to say 10’ but with corona . . . well you know.)
Specifically, the inspector general accused Clinesmith, though not by name, of altering an email about former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page to say that he was “not a source” for another government agency. Page has said he was a source for the CIA. The DOJ relied on that assertion as it submitted a third and final renewal application in 2017 to eavesdrop on Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Why wouldn’t CNN tell you taht his little “ooops” I change the words of an e-mail were used in the renewal application of a FISA warrant.
In regular court, that could almost get the warrant thrown out AND any evidence that was discovered under the warrant.
With telling the court that the Dossier was verified. Changing e-mail information . . . they might find more. Eventually a court will have to decide if the FISA warrant is invalidated with all the missinformation they gave the court.
A mid level FBI lawyer changed an email because of confusion over whether Carter Page was a source or not for the FISA warrant renewals that we already knew had mistakes.
How the hell is it confustion when you get an e-mail saying he is a source for other government agencies and you cange it to he is NOT. That is NOT confustion, that’s complete dishonesty and lying to a court.
Exactly. This is old news. And we already know this did not have any material impact on the legitimacy of the FISA warrants or the investigation. This guy screwed up and now he will be punished. But on the whole this is ho-hum. I guess Page could try to sue Clinesmith. Cool.
