What a friggin' damn shame that a Judge would shit all over our Republic like this. Personally I would have sentenced Clinesmith to Gitmo for 25 years.
Judge Boasberg: The Clinesmith Lies Don't Matter
The sentencing hearing of Kevin Clinesmith, the former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering a CIA e-mail to further the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant renewal on Carter Page, took place on the morning of Friday, January 21 before Judge Boasberg in Washington, D.C.
This hearing was the culmination of an investigation by those within the Department of Justice who actually sought to do justice in exposing the FBI's misconduct in opening Crossfire Hurricane, and the FBI's abuse of their power to spy on Carter Page and those associated with the Trump campaign. While the process continues with Special Counsel John Durham's investigation, this was one loose end that was ready to be tied.
Those demanding Clinesmith to be incarcerated weren't being unreasonable, though they were ultimately disappointed when Judge Boasberg sentenced Clinesmith to 12 months probation and no prison time. In fact, they have every right to be angry.
https://technofog.substack.com/p/judge-boasberg-the-clinesmith-lies
Quote from: Bronx on February 02, 2021, 10:26:50 AM
What a friggin' damn shame that a Judge would shit all over our Republic like this. Personally I would have sentenced Clinesmith to Gitmo for 25 years.
Judge Boasberg: The Clinesmith Lies Don't Matter
The sentencing hearing of Kevin Clinesmith, the former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering a CIA e-mail to further the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant renewal on Carter Page, took place on the morning of Friday, January 21 before Judge Boasberg in Washington, D.C.
Those demanding Clinesmith to be incarcerated weren't being unreasonable, though they were ultimately disappointed when Judge Boasberg sentenced Clinesmith to 12 months probation and no prison time. In fact, they have every right to be angry.
An optimistic view would be that Clinesmith was given a light sentence in exchange for testimony about who ordered him to fabricate the evidence.
I'm afraid it's more likely that Clinesmith was given a light sentence because he agreed to be the fall guy for all the criminality of his managers.