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US Attorney Calls for Prison Time for ex-FBI Lawyer Who Doctored Crossfire Hurricane FISA Warrant

U.S. Attorney John Durham is calling for a six-month prison sentence for the ex-FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to manipulating an email he used to get a FISA warrant against a former Trump-campaign advisor. So reports National Review Online.

prison icon 2071965 640 smallDurham asked that Kevin Clinesmith be incarcerated “between the middle and upper end” of the suggested term for making false written statements in his effort to get a warrant against adviser Carter Page. Clinesmith admitted to altering an email forwarded to him by the CIA to make it seem like Page was not considered to be an “intelligence source.” A department of Justice report noted 17 significant omissions and errors in the FISA warrants pertaining to Page.

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