Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Clinesmith was referred for potential prosecution by the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office, which conducted its own review of the Russia investigation. Boasberg went on to ask: "You intentionally altered the email to insert information that was not originally in the email?" Durham’s timeline was focused on July 2016, when the FBI’s original Russia probe began, through the appointment of Mueller in May 2017. The document stated that Clinesmith and FBI official Peter Strzok "approved" Pientka's notes.

Source: Fox News August 19, 2020 17:35 UTC