FBI Lawyer’s Guilty Plea Suggests Spygate Corruption Goes Way Higher
FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith’s guilty plea suggests another area ripe for inquiry: FBI Agent Stephen Somma’s misrepresentation of Trump campaign details to a secret federal court.
By Margot Cleveland
August 24, 2020
Last week’s guilty plea by Kevin Clinesmith represents the first concrete evidence of movement in U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the Russia collusion hoax. The plea agreement, which was released on Wednesday, suggests another area ripe for inquiry: FBI Agent Stephen Somma’s earlier misrepresentation of former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page’s status to those preparing the initial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications to surveil Page.
Clinesmith, who served as an assistant general counsel in the National Security and Cyber Law Branch of the FBI’s Office of General Counsel, admitted in his plea agreement that he had added the phrase “was not a source†to an email from an unidentified governmental agency, most likely the CIA, concerning Page’s “operation contact†with that agency.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/24/fbi-lawyers-guilty-plea-suggests-spygate-corruption-goes-way-higher/
