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2019-11-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

FBI official is under criminal investigation for 'altering document' used to obtain Russia probe surveillance warrant on Trump campaign aide Carter Page during 2016 election

[MAIL] A criminal investigation has been opened into an FBI official suspected of 'altering' a document in the warrant application to surveil Trump campaign advisor Carter Page during the 2016 election, according to a new report.

The alleged document tampering was uncovered during Inspector General Michael Horowitz's probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, and subsequently referred to U.S. Attorney John Durham for criminal investigation, CNN reported on Thursday.

In October 2016, the FBI sought and was granted a FISA warrant to surveil Page's communications and access all of his stored emails and texts.

To obtain the warrant, the FBI had to convince a judge in a secret court that there was probable cause that Page was a foreign agent. The 90-day warrant was renewed three times, but Page has never been charged with any crime.

It's unclear which FBI official is under criminal investigation for allegedly tampering with documents in the warrant application.

The names of the supervisory special agent or agents who submitted sworn statements to support the FISA application and renewals were redacted when the applications were publicly released.

Former FBI director James Comey signed off on the FBI evidence in the applications prior to being fired by President Donald Trump in May 2017.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe signed off on the subsequent renewals.

The alleged FBI document tampering is expected to be addressed in Horowitz's IG report, which is undergoing final classification review.

In a letter sent on Thursday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Horowitz said he expected his office to be able to release the report on December 9 'barring unforeseen circumstances.'

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-22 02:39|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 'Smoking gun' or 'bridge to nowhere?'

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-22 02:47|| 2019-11-22 02:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Alle grappies op ń stokkie

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-22 04:40|| 2019-11-22 04:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I recall it was Strzok who altered it? Or was that the notes from Flynn's interview?

My, there's quite a lot of altering goin' on...

Posted by Lex 2019-11-22 04:40|| 2019-11-22 04:40|| Front Page Top

#4 No, no joke g(r)om, I'm leaning toward 'bridge to nowhere.'

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-22 07:04|| 2019-11-22 07:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Dis ‘n feit soos ‘n koei

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-22 08:21|| 2019-11-22 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 it was likely a flunkee working at Peter Strzok's direction formally or informally

it would be a real hoot if it were Lisa Page and if she had flipped and was now working with the investigation

Posted by lord garth 2019-11-22 09:41|| 2019-11-22 09:41|| Front Page Top

#7 混蛋不得不混蛋

Posted by KBK 2019-11-22 10:55|| 2019-11-22 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Could well be Lisa Page. It has been speculated she flipped. Would rather it be her boss Jim Baker and Lisa the stoolie.

From CNN: An FBI lawyer since separated from the bureau faces a criminal investigation for altering a document relating to obtaining the Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA) Court warrant to surveil Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page, CNN reports.

Posted by Unaitle Panda6599 2019-11-22 10:56|| 2019-11-22 10:56|| Front Page Top

#9 The Conservative Treehouse: The Washington Post Helps Identify FBI Lawyer Who Altered FISA Docs
If you have followed the case closely, the intentional removal of Peter Strzok in combination with the explanation of the lawyer’s FISA responsibilities; and in combination with prior reporting of FBI lawyer 2; it seems pretty obvious the line-level lawyer was Kevin Clinesmith.

Kevin Clinesmith was one of the key FBI small group members on the original Clinton investigation known as the “mid-year exam”, or in text messages the “MYE”. Within the MYE Clinesmith was one of the key legal staff working with Peter Strzok. Clinesmith was lawyer #2 for Strzok who eventually transferred to the subsequent Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

Posted by Unaitle Panda6599 2019-11-22 11:14|| 2019-11-22 11:14|| Front Page Top

#10 I thought altering documents was standard procedure for the FBI.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-11-22 11:23|| 2019-11-22 11:23|| Front Page Top

#11 that's why their 302's are written notes, not recordings, amirite?

Posted by Frank G 2019-11-22 11:56|| 2019-11-22 11:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Sorry I'm not multi-lingual. Some of the posts on this thread are indecipherable to me.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-11-22 12:24|| 2019-11-22 12:24|| Front Page Top

#13 We're an eclectic bunch. Between us, we speak Afrikaans, Bureaucratese, C++, English, German, Hebrew, Latin, MilSpec, Russian, Snarkanese, Yiddish, and a touch of Zulu.

Personally, as a man of the world, I feel it is important to both greet and curse the natives in whatever their barbaric tongue.

Posted by SteveS 2019-11-22 12:39|| 2019-11-22 12:39|| Front Page Top

#14 If true this was an illegal act committed to enable the administration to spy on the opposition's presidential campaign.

Would this be the 21st century equivalent of the Watergate burglary?

Speculation:

The leading Democrats have known about this for some time.

Impeachment is a bargaining chip.

The Democrats want a quid pro quo.

Impeachment will be shelved if this investigation is stopped.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-11-22 12:45|| 2019-11-22 12:45|| Front Page Top

#15 re #13: Abu, use Google translate - copy the text in the post, then paste into Google Translate, using Detect Language.
Not perfect, but you usually get the sense of the post.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-11-22 12:58|| 2019-11-22 12:58|| Front Page Top

#16 Strzok, Page et al are this century's Plumbers.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-22 13:03|| 2019-11-22 13:03|| Front Page Top

#17 If I had a bus schedule I could read assembler.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-11-22 15:21|| 2019-11-22 15:21|| Front Page Top

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