Does the name Kevin Clinesmith ring a bell? He's the FBI lawyer that lied on a FISA warrant in order to be able to spy on the Trump campaign by falsely implicating Carter Page.
Federal judge James Boasberg, the very judge lied to, was sympathetic to Clinesmith and sentenced him to 12 months of probation and 400 hours of community service in January.
Now, very quietly, word has spread that Clinesmith will be able to practice law again in just a couple of months.
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith has agreed to a one-year suspension of his attorney license in Washington, D.C., following his conviction in August 2020 on a felony false-statement charge arising from the internal review of the special counsel's Russia investigation, new bar records show.
The penalty is even more modest than it initially appears because the suspension is backdated to his conviction so this abuser of government power will be allowed to practice law again this August.
Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg said that while Clinesmith's actions were serious, the warrant application probably would have been approved anyway without his misstatement.
I wonder what kind of job in the law will await Clinesmith? Judge Boasberg thought that losing his FBI job was a big punishment.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
FBI lawyer that lied to judge on FISA warrant will be able to practice law again in August after zero jail time
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment