The Russia hoax undermined a duly elected president and continues to divide the nation. But one of the key figures who abused the trust of the people will not face prison time, reports Fox News.
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith was sentenced to 12 months probation and 400 hours of community service Friday after pleading guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.
That false statement had major consequences. The altered email cast suspicion on Page and thereby Trump, and created a false justification to wiretap Page.
The judge noted all the bad outcomes Clinesmith endures as consequences of the actions he knowingly took.
“[He] lost his job, and his government service is what has given his life much of its meaning,” Boasberg said Friday. “He was also earning $150,000 a year and who knows where the earnings go now. He may be disbarred or suspended from the practice of law, you may never be able to work in the national security field again. These are substantial penalties.”
Boasberg added: “What is more, he went from being an obscure career government lawyer to standing in the eye of a media hurricane. He has been threatened, vilified and abused on a nationwide scale.”
Well, as is all too typical of government employees, he was overpaid.
Like I’ve been saying…it’s not a Democrat or Republican problem…it’s a DC swamp problem. That’s why they went after Michael Flynn and that’s why they went after a Trump. The establishment is untouchable under our rule of law and they know it. They will never willingly give that up. We desperately need a 3rd and 4th party to become feasible options to vote out the establishment and start over.