Ex-FBI Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Case Linked To Alleged Abuse Of Surveillance Power
A former bureau attorney is alleged to have doctored evidence to enable the surveillance of an ex-junior foreign policy aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
by Carrie Johnson
Aug 14, 2020
2 minutes
Updated at 12:26 p.m. ET
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith has agreed to plead guilty to a single false statement charge, marking the first criminal action in an investigation centered on how intelligence agencies gathered information involving the Trump campaign and Russia four years ago in the waning months
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