News reports have downplayed the significance of former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith’s guilty plea, acknowledging he altered an official document in the government’s Trump-Russia collusion probe. There has been some coverage, mainly because it is so rare to see FBI agents charged with a felony and because it is the first tangible result of U.S. Attorney John Durham’s sprawling investigation of the investigators. But mainstream news outlets have minimized its importance. It’s only one count, they say, and it deals with a relatively minor crime by a mid-level figure.
That’s spin, and it’s wrong. This plea is like finding water seeping from the base of a dam. The problem is not one muddy puddle. The problem is that it foreshadows the dam’s failure, releasing a torrent. That’s what the Clinesmith plea portends.
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ReplyDeleteHe was a very high echelon FBI lawyer, and obviously has copped a plea which results in just one charge and some sort of reduced punishment. But you can bet he had to sing, and agree to cooperate going forward as his officemates on the upper floor get charged and tried.
These guys and gals were engaged in sedition. Penalties and punishment can be severe. Comey is tall so either a short rope or a high gallows will be needed. The rest are standard sized.
Drain the swamp.
I have some short and long rope I can donate
DeleteWhile I would love to see the dam break and release the torrent, i have come to realize this is all theater and nothing will happen and no one will be held responsible/ accountable. How many years now have we allowed Sean Hannity whip is all into a frenzy (night after night of “late breaking” “bombshells” and “damning new evidence “ has become background noise). Extreme skepticism and cynicism have set in.
ReplyDeleteWhile I would love to see the dam break and release the torrent, i have come to realize this is all theater and nothing will happen and no one will be held responsible/ accountable. How many years now have we allowed Sean Hannity to whip is all into a frenzy (night after night of “late breaking” “bombshells” and “damning new evidence “ has become background noise). Extreme skepticism and cynicism have set in.
ReplyDeleteThe damn burst yesterday with the release of the GAO Report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
ReplyDeleteNo, none, zero, russians voted in the 2016 election that Donald J. TRUMP won fair and square. He will win again in 2020 because that is the American people's will. Main steam media can project anything they want as they did in 2016 and were proven wrong.
DeleteTRUMP 2020
10:29 Sigh...it’s been 4 years since Trump was elected President. Will you ever stop whining?🤦♀️ You and those like you show how pathetic you are on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteUntil they start to prosecute the swamp, we are not paying any attention.
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