Kevin E. Clinesmith is a lawyer. The D.C. Court of Appeals identifies him as Bar Registration No. 984265. The public record that locks this person is United States v. Clinesmith, No. 1:20-cr-00165 (D.D.C.), Judge James E. Boasberg. No other nationally notable Kevin Clinesmith was found for this draft. This page is identity. The episodes live in the posts.
Identity
About Kevin E. Clinesmith
Titles and dates come from the statement of offense, the docket, and the D.C. Court of Appeals opinion. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity confidence: high. No free-license portrait was located; none was generated.
Documented roles
- November 2007. Admitted to practice law. Statement of Offense.
- July 12, 2015 – September 21, 2019. FBI assistant general counsel, National Security and Cyber Law Branch, Office of General Counsel. Same filing; D.C. Court of Appeals, 21-BG-18.
- Crossfire Hurricane. Assigned to provide legal support, including on four FISA applications targeting Individual #1 (publicly reported as Carter Page). Statement of Offense.
- August 19, 2020. Guilty plea to one count of making a false statement, 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(3). Docket.
- January 29, 2021. Sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $100 special assessment (docket). Fox News and NPR reported 400 hours of community service; that term is not in the minute entry. Sentencing post.
- September 2, 2021. D.C. one-year suspension, nunc pro tunc to August 25, 2020. 21-BG-18.
- Current employment and live bar standing. Not established from a primary extract in this draft. A December 2021 Just the News / RealClearInvestigations item about restored D.C. standing is secondary. See that post.
What this site is not
It is not a finding of a wider conspiracy. The conviction is one § 1001(a)(3) count for altering and using a writing, not a standalone “FISA fraud” count. Commentary that the plea proves “Spygate goes higher,” or that he was only a scapegoat, is labeled commentary. Instant-message slogans are not treated as the crime of conviction.
It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.