During President Trump’s first term, prior to occupying the Oval Office, it is well-known that the FBI under the Obama administration deceived the FISA Court in order to obtain a warrant to spy on Carter Page, a Trump campaign aide in 2016 (Page left the campaign in October 2016).
In order to obtain that warrant, disgraced FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith altered an email by changing wording to indicate Page was “not a source” for the CIA when, in fact, he was.
Klinesmith was found guilty of the fabrication and sentenced to 12 months of probation and a suspension of his law license. But only for one year.
Bear in mind that several attorneys, such as Jeff Clark, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Kurt Olsen, John Eastman, among others are facing permanent disbarment or crippling sanctions for simply bringing a case to challenge the 2020 Election and Ed Martin’s nomination for U.S. Attorney of Washington D.C. was disputed by Senator John Thune for simply representing January 6th defendants.
Falsifying evidence to a federal court is a serious offense. That should be exacerbated when the fabrication is brought before a secret FISA Court where there is no representation for the defendant, no transcripts for accountability, and the impending actions can result in unknowing infringements on U.S. citizen’s Fourth Amendment rights.
To make matters worse, under the “Two-Hop Rule,” FISA warrants can be used to spy not only on the target specifically, but also those associated with the target. Many have speculated that this could potentially have given the FBI access to spy on President Trump himself.
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