tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post2378719064017436400..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: Kevin Clinesmith Pleads To One False Statementmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-41293387590887429602020-08-14T18:39:36.698-05:002020-08-14T18:39:36.698-05:00Durham needs to run ads in the Washington newspape...Durham needs to run ads in the Washington newspapers adn CNN/MSNBC:<br /><br /><b>"Half-off sale on Pleas Deals ends next Friday! Don't wait, or you'll be too late! CAll 1-800-PLEADEAL today!"</b>EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51544850247811180452020-08-14T18:33:10.618-05:002020-08-14T18:33:10.618-05:00And I very much suspect that the Deep State/Establ...And I very much suspect that the Deep State/Establishment will throw Weissmann to Durham and Barr without blinking. He probably knows that by now.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7694320336033186532020-08-14T18:27:43.204-05:002020-08-14T18:27:43.204-05:00Andrew Weissmann
@AWeissmann_
Question for Barr: h...<br />Andrew Weissmann<br />@AWeissmann_<br />Question for Barr: how are Flynn’s confessed lies to the FBI (repeated to the VP) not a crime, but Clinesmith changing an email (the full version of which he also sent to DOJ) is?<br /><br />Responses:<br />Flynn didn't lie to FBI or the VP. Your team (in conjunction with his conflicted lawyers) convinced him to plead guilty to lying in exchange AmericanCardiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905240590569993870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64265307052454014302020-08-14T18:22:52.482-05:002020-08-14T18:22:52.482-05:00Weissmann's twitter account is getting hammere...Weissmann's twitter account is getting hammered with negative stuff about him. He's getting slammed by many 3 to 1 if not more. This is great. AmericanCardiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905240590569993870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2431514402309814542020-08-14T16:45:17.148-05:002020-08-14T16:45:17.148-05:00Check out Weissmann's painful and embarrassing...Check out Weissmann's painful and embarrassing contortions:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1294329373181583361Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-82353065127300526692020-08-14T16:19:52.600-05:002020-08-14T16:19:52.600-05:00Clinesmith's lawyer is publicly saying: There ...Clinesmith's lawyer is publicly saying: There were other guys, and logically those are guys above Clinesmith. mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-86651685310000594262020-08-14T16:15:54.115-05:002020-08-14T16:15:54.115-05:00In the New York Times 'spin' on the Clines...In the New York Times 'spin' on the Clinesmith plea, Adam Goldman writes:<br /><br />"Mr. Clinesmith’s lawyers also argued that their client did not try to hide the C.I.A. email from other law enforcement officials as they sought the final renewal of the Page wiretap. Mr. Clinesmith had provided the unchanged C.I.A. email to Crossfire Hurricane agents and the Justice Department Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-59451344383657010972020-08-14T15:50:21.581-05:002020-08-14T15:50:21.581-05:00Obama used the CIA/FBI to "audit" Trump ...Obama used the CIA/FBI to "audit" Trump just as he used the IRS to "audit" conservatives.<br />Imagine how a jury would (will?) view that behavior by "our" "law enforcement" agencies. The FBI can now "audit" anybody they feel like? Every juror would recoil.<br />Based on my legal experience (which consists of watching Tom Cruise screaming at old Deplorable Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720288972263783908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-49883709276729301522020-08-14T15:50:16.296-05:002020-08-14T15:50:16.296-05:00Yes. Also, it's been pointed out (I forget by ...Yes. Also, it's been pointed out (I forget by whom) that Brian Auten, the senior FBI analyst, suggested/requested Clinesmith to amend FISA app in view of Danchenko interview. Clinesmith did not. More, who was the DoJ lawyer in charge of the FISA app. Stu Evans had some part in it, but not all. Was it David Laufman? Not sure.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-13341446726203765602020-08-14T15:41:58.939-05:002020-08-14T15:41:58.939-05:00One clarification that just occurred to me: Clines...One clarification that just occurred to me: Clinesmith was engaged in a post-election cover-up of the pre-election crime by omission of CP's CIA status from the first three FISAs. The editing of the CIA memo was necessitated by whomever asked him from clarification of CP's CIA status on the final renewal, in order to cover up the omission in the three previous FISA applications.<br /><br EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36044923492823715942020-08-14T15:27:05.263-05:002020-08-14T15:27:05.263-05:00EZ - great points, all of them.EZ - great points, all of them.Brad Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279535300119367177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11656885662712259112020-08-14T15:22:15.152-05:002020-08-14T15:22:15.152-05:00I’d take that a step further and question whether ...I’d take that a step further and question whether AG Barr even knows who Sundance is.<br /><br />Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-19577796872371258682020-08-14T15:17:49.413-05:002020-08-14T15:17:49.413-05:00Barr: Who?Barr: Who?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46519075041941485742020-08-14T15:14:13.352-05:002020-08-14T15:14:13.352-05:00Although just because the FISA gambit wasn't p...Although just because the FISA gambit wasn't productive (assuming it wasn't) doesn't mean it was for lack of trying. It's possible they squeezed that lemon for all the 2-hop soury goodness it was worth but (switching metaphors) found, alas, there indeed was no real blood to be gotten from the turnip. <br /><br />I'm not suggesting for a second that you were suggesting Brad Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279535300119367177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25322808209079776282020-08-14T15:06:33.552-05:002020-08-14T15:06:33.552-05:00Never forget that the true-believers in FBI, DOJ, ...Never forget that the true-believers in FBI, DOJ, and the IC <b>all believed that Hillary would win the election, and thus none of this illegal activity would have ever come to light.</b><br /><br />It's much easier to rationalize stealing the cookies from the cookie jar if you think no one will ever notice the cookies are missing.<br /><br />Clinesmith sent an email or instant message right EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-74307459703988195452020-08-14T14:35:33.372-05:002020-08-14T14:35:33.372-05:00My guess is that since this crime occurred when he...My guess is that since this crime occurred when he was part of Team Mueller, the overlap (possibly re the PapaD case, for example) would all be closely connected. In that situation there would not be separate cases on KC.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-21577470069025767062020-08-14T14:26:41.985-05:002020-08-14T14:26:41.985-05:00"That's not how it would work."
Even..."That's not how it would work."<br />Even if there was huge overlap, between his FISA lies probe, and the Other Matters? aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56555518864150992542020-08-14T14:16:51.309-05:002020-08-14T14:16:51.309-05:00Haven’t read the charging doc yet, but wouldn’t in...Haven’t read the charging doc yet, but wouldn’t investigators have asked Clinesmith at some point, “Why’d you do it? Why did you knowingly risk ruining your life by altering that email - a felony that could easily be discovered and that would be all but impossible to wriggle out of?”<br /><br />His answer would have to be at least plausible, I’d think, to avoid getting the book thrown at him, Brad Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279535300119367177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32493099709638283842020-08-14T14:16:36.572-05:002020-08-14T14:16:36.572-05:00I think this was my question to the lawyers in the...I think this was my question to the lawyers in the group earlier that I followed up on with speculation in a subsequent post. Clinesmith seems worthless to me if I were a juror and he were testifying about what Mueller, Weismann, et al knew and when they knew it and the latter denied the claims of the confessed perjurer Clinesmith. But if his cooperation was proving that Mueller, Weismann, et al M. P. Lamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513031873229756573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-72215007883739231582020-08-14T14:11:34.642-05:002020-08-14T14:11:34.642-05:00Anonymous, if you're gonna make jokes like tha...Anonymous, if you're gonna make jokes like that make sure to tell the audience to be sure to tip their waitress ;-)M. P. Lamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513031873229756573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26033944291065857262020-08-14T14:11:03.970-05:002020-08-14T14:11:03.970-05:00Yes, very important. As I discuss in new post, the...Yes, very important. As I discuss in new post, there will then likely be a doc trail within the FBI.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33211168846336012132020-08-14T14:10:10.654-05:002020-08-14T14:10:10.654-05:00Again see new post.Again see new post.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6429837628205192412020-08-14T14:09:38.990-05:002020-08-14T14:09:38.990-05:00Yes, true. And see my new post, in which I also em...Yes, true. And see my new post, in which I also emphasize the FBI's misrepresentations re Carter Page in the NYO case. There's more to this.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25787876605791285292020-08-14T14:07:04.738-05:002020-08-14T14:07:04.738-05:00@Titan 28: Yes, he could face jail time, based on ...@Titan 28: Yes, he could face jail time, based on the serious nature and consequences of the false statement as well as his position as an attorney who was also entrusted with a high degree of responsibility in justice and national security. We don't know the terms of the deal--will Durham make a recommendation or leave it totally to the judge, and remain silent?<br /><br />@DJL, I can't mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29922231584734254542020-08-14T14:02:39.359-05:002020-08-14T14:02:39.359-05:00That's not how it would work. See the new post...That's not how it would work. See the new post. Durham is at the point where he appears to have basically wrapped up the FISA investigation. He may still use Clinesmith in other matters, but may be able to avoid doing so depending on the paper or digital trail.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com