Former President Donald Trump advisers said Friday an ex-FBI lawyer who admitted to falsifying evidence in Crossfire Hurricane avoiding jail time was an example of a double standard of justice. “[If] this was a Trump individual who had done this to the Obama administration or to the incoming Biden administration, this person would be in jail for the rest of their lives—and rightfully so,” Corey Lewandowski, a former Trump adviser, said on Newsmax. Kevin Clinesmith, a former FBI lawyer, was sentenced to one year of probation, a $100 fine, and 400 hours of community service for changing an email. Clinesmith altered a message from the CIA to state that Trump aide Carter Page was not an asset for the agency, when the agency had said he was. The altered email was used to obtain spy warrants against Page. Page, accused of being a spy for Russia, was probed by federal …
Ex-Trump Advisers Lament Light Sentencing for FBI Lawyer Who Falsified Evidence
January 30, 2021
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