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#Durham A source close to the matter confirms @CBSNews
that former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty as part the investigation led by US Attorney John Durham into the origins of the FBI’s 2016 Russia probe. In December 2019, IG Horowitz found Clinesmith…
altered an official record (CIA email) that was used to continue surveillance in 2017 on former Trump campaign aide @carterwpage
. CBS News has learned that after FBI records were declassified by @DNI_Ratcliffe
last month showing Clinesmith was part of a team using a 2016…
briefing to track Russia questions from @GenFlynn
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then candidate Trump, Clinesmith’s lawyer approached Durham’s office about a plea deal. Context: The question in both the 2016 defensive briefing, and the altered CIA email, is whether Clinesmith acted independently or at the…
direction of, or with the approval of his FBI leadership. Typically, plea deals have an expectation the individual cooperates.
11:32 AM · Aug 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1294310903060606976