Ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleads guilty in first criminal case arising from Durham probe
Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to one count of false statements
By Brooke Singman, Jake Gibson | Fox News
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia James Boasberg accepted the plea. Clinesmith's sentencing date has been set for Dec. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
Clinesmith was referred for potential prosecution by the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office, which conducted its own review of the Russia investigation.
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.
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