Yeah, right.
Posted on 12/28/2019 7:50:33 AM PST by bitt
The Mueller investigation is over but the fallout continues.
An FBI analyst was apparently so eager to protect Mueller that he hacked the email of a political enemy.
We will probably be hearing stories like this for months if not years.
Townhall reports:
ICYMI: An FBI Analyst Is Going to Prison for Illegal Email Hacking of a Political Enemy…to Protect Mueller
While U.S. Attorney John Durham continues his criminal investigation into FISA abuse and other misconduct at the FBI, CIA, DIA and other federal government intelligence agencies, one of Special Counsel Robert Mueller allies was just sentenced to prison.
Mark Tolson, a former FBI analyst, illegally accessed the emails of right wing activist Jack Burkman in order to protect Mueller. He admitted to doing so in federal court last week. He will serve seven days behind bars and has been ordered to pay a $500 fine.
“I did what I did to try to protect Director Mueller, who can protect himself,” Tolson told U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema.
After illegally sifting through emails, Tolson attempted to leak them to the press.
“After snooping through Burkman’s account, Tolson sent screenshots of the messages and offered the password to an unspecified journalist, court filings say,” POLITICO reports.
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this is an OUTRAGE ping
a week in jail and $500 fine??????????????
He will serve seven days behind bars and has been ordered to pay a $500 fine.
As long as he didn’t burn an LBGQT flag...
Seven days in prison is inadequate for an illegal search without a warrant and subsequent leaking of private information including passwords. He’s getting off easy because he’s FBI, judge should be coming down harder because of that.
Yeah, right.
Slap on the wrist. Hardly worth the conviction if you ask me.
ridiculous that’s about the punishment for lost or overdue library books, not invasion of privacy and hacking.
Per Fedzilla:
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any.
Just visiting.
“Tolson.” Hmmm . . . sounds familiar. Say, wasn’t that the name of Herbert Hoover’s “longtime companion”? Clyde Tolson was it?
Maybe he will have a room mate named Big Bubba who will simply adore him.
“because he’s FBI”
WAS
“He will serve seven days behind bars and has been ordered to pay a $500 fine”
What a joke. If you or I did this we would be gone to federal prison. And not golf course prison...
I wonder if they offered him immunity.
Do I really need the /s?
A Democrat is always a Democrat first.
Being an American is way down on their list.
I know guys who did more time then that just for D&D..!!
He didn’t do this as part of his job. His wife stole the password. She was employed by the victim.
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“because he’s FBI”
WAS
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Soon to be picked up by the CIA...ala Strozk
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