Anonymous ID: e5bbca Aug. 3, 2018, 11:36 a.m. No.2433764   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>Kevin Clinesmith?

Three of the five FBI employees dinged for anti-Trump bias in IG report ended up on Mueller probe

June 20, 2018

"Attorney 2, identified by Rep. Mark Meadows this week as Kevin Clinesmith, was ousted from the investigation in February after the inspector general found his messages.

Mr. Clinesmith also sent co-workers political jokes about Mr. Trump, including one instant message after the election saying, “I am so stressed about what I could have done differently.”

According to the report, Mr. Clinesmith worked on the 2016 probe into Hillary Clinton’s email use, then worked on the FBI’s original investigation into the Trump campaign and, eventually, with the special counsel’s investigation into Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign.

The inspector general described Mr. Clinesmith as the primary FBI attorney assigned to the Russia investigation when it started in early 2017.

“If FBI Attorney 2 has the bias that he has, sure, it’s problematic,” Mr. Meadows, North Carolina Republican, told The Washington Times."

"The special counsel’s office downplayed Mr. Clinesmith’s involvement Wednesday by portraying him more as a bit player, not key for its roster of prosecutors and federal agents. The office said he was never detailed to the special counsel but remained an FBI agent who supported the investigation in an administrative capacity.

 

“The special counsel’s investigation is being conducted by prosecutors and agents; FBI Attorney 2 was neither,” said Joshua Stueve, a spokesman for the special counsel.

The lawyer told the inspector general that his anti-Trump comments were “personal feelings” about the election.

Mr. Mueller’s investigation has faced questions about the political leanings of his team."

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/20/peter-strzok-lisa-page-and-kevin-clinesmith-anti-t/