FBI Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty to Altering Document Sentenced to Probation - WSJ

At sentencing, the judge said he believed that Mr. Clinesmith wasn’t lying to the court, but trying to save time and work for himself.

Usually its the defendant or their attorney that tries to minimize their conduct. Even more outrageous that the presiding judge is also the chief judge of the FISA court.

This action, lying on an application for a warrant to conduct invasive surveillance of a US citizen, to a secret court in which the target has no representation, is deeply disconcerting in a free and democratic nation.