The DOJ has filed its Kevin Clinesmith sentencing memo They want incarceration. DOJ: Clinesmith wasn't just altering e-mails - he was lying about Carter Page in DMs to the FBI agent. Thread.
Why the Clinesmith lie was material: "It would raise the issue of whether [Carter Page] had those interactions with the intent to assist the US gov't." It would go to the "loyalties" of Carter Page. Clinesmith knew FISC needed to be informed. @AWeissmann_ disagrees 🤦♂️
Clinesmith's lies "allowed the FBI to conduct surveillance" on @carterwpage thru a FISA application that "lacked probable cause" He violated the duty of candor to the FISA court.
As to Clinesmith's excuses that he didn't think Carter Page was a source: There is no evidence that anyone told Clinesmith that Page "was a subsource of a source."
