The five-page document describing the charge against Clinesmith shows that he did in fact speak with officials at the unnamed agency and learned that Page had been a source up until 2013. Clinesmith was told that Page was not currently a source—a fact that no one disputes—and provided an email that included information about Page’s past activities. When later told that the agency had to provide something in writing showing that Page was not a current source, Clinesmith inserted “and is not a source” into a portion of the email that came from the representative he spoke with at the other agency.
This information appears to represent what Clinesmith was told, but it does show that he actively altered the email, and did so in a way that made it appear as if the information had come from his contact. There’s no doubt that what Clinesmith did was wrong—and in a document used in support of a warrant, illegal—but it also doesn’t seem to have materially altered anything.
That’s it.
It’s certain that Durham will be back with more before the election. In fact, Barr has made it clear that sometime between now and Nov. 3, he intends to pour out everything he’s learned during a round-the-world tour that included trying to convince allied intelligence agencies to support Trump’s conspiracy theories against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden.
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