The file
An FBI lawyer assigned to Crossfire Hurricane altered a government email — added “and not a source” — and the affiant used it on FISA #4. He pleaded guilty to one false-statement count. Probation. A backdated D.C. suspension. Columnists said it “goes higher.” The judgment did not. This is not a biography. It is the episodes. Facts are cited. Opinion is marked. A column is not a court. The conviction is not a standalone FISA-fraud count.
Compiled as a critical briefing, in the voice of a packet. Identity: About. Not a court. Not a White House product. No invented quotes, titles, or extra crimes.
J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building. Ajay Suresh. CC BY 2.0.
The email · finding
June 19, 2017: he added “and not a source” to an OGA email and forwarded it. The original did not say that. Not dumped again as the lead-only story in the grid below.
FBI OGC
Plea papers: assistant general counsel, National Security and Cyber Law Branch, July 12, 2015–September 21, 2019.
Four FISAs
Four FISA applications. Plea papers: he provided legal support. Individual #1 is the filing’s term.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
FISA #4
June 29, 2017: SSA signed FISA #4 relying on the altered email. No OGA history in the application.
Horowitz
OIG 20-012: an OGC attorney altered the liaison email. Inspector General finding, not a conviction.
Carter Page
Page’s claim, via The Federalist. CVRA order: ten minutes at sentencing, no restitution.
John H. Durham, 26 March 2018. U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut. U.S. government work.
The Information
One-count Information. False statement, § 1001(a)(3). Durham’s name on the plea papers.
The plea
Guilty plea accepted. One count. False statement. Not a wider conspiracy verdict.
Commentary
Federalist and RCP: “goes higher.” Hypothesis. Not a count in the Information.
United States Capitol, west front. Architect of the Capitol. U.S. government work.
Sentence
12 months’ probation. $100 assessment. Jail was briefed and not imposed.
D.C. Bar
One-year D.C. suspension, backdated. 8.4(b) and 8.4(c). Not a moral-turpitude finding.
Bar status
JTN and RCI: standing restored. Secondary. Check a live D.C. lookup.
2025 clip
RCP video, January 16, 2025. Bondi names the case. Not a new charge.