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#Durham READ: Strong indicator that by pleading guilty to 1 count false statements (altering CIA email @carterwpage was an intel source) former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith REDUCES further legal jeopardy. Boasberg: Mr. Clinesmith, you should have before you a plea agreement which
is 10 pages long. Do you, in fact, have that? Clinesmith: Yes, your honor. Boasberg: And the 10th page appears to bear your signature, is that in fact your signature? Clinesmith: Yes, it is my signature your honor. Boasberg: Did you read and understand the agreement before...
you signed it? Clinesmith: Yes, your honor. Boasberg: Is this the agreement you wish to enter into today? Clinesmith: Yes, your honor.
Boasberg: Okay, I want to go over the agreement. I'm not going to hit on every term. I am going to go over some of the non-sentencing terms +
Boasberg: Okay, I want to go over the agreement. I'm not going to hit on every term. I am going to go over some of the non-sentencing terms +
then the sentencing terms + I just want to make sure you understand, as long as a term is in the plea agreement, just because I don't mention it, you are still bound by that term. You understand that? Clinesmith: I do your honor. Boasberg: You understand that you are pleading..
guilty to a criminal information under which you’ve just been arraigned, it charges you with 1 count of false statements violation 18 USC 1001 a(3) - understand that? Clinesmith: Yes, your honor Boasberg: Now, in exchange for your plea of guilty, the government will not prosecute
you further criminally for any of the conduct you committed that is set forth in the statement of offense which is the second document you should have in front of you. The first, you also have that document. Clinesmith: Yes, your honor. Boasberg: And you understand that the...
government will not prosecute you for any other, any other charges based on any of the conduct in that statement of offense.
Clinesmith: Yes, your honor. @CBSNews
Clinesmith: Yes, your honor. @CBSNews
