FBI lawyer gets probation for faking Carter Page allegations

Serious violations but it didn’t matter. But what is the point of process or falsifying the application at all?

Kevin Clinesmith’s actions were serious, but the warrant probably would have been approved anyway, a judge rules..

Kevin Clinesmith admitted last August that he had altered an internal FBI email in the course of seeking a court’s permission to continue government surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser. The warrant for approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has been a flashpoint for conservative critics of the FBI and the Mueller investigation.