An FBI lawyer who was involved in both the Carter Page scam and the Gen Michael Flynn scam has resigned under pressure. Dana Boente, the FBI general counsel, has resigned under pressure for corrupt actions in the two fake stories. Boente was the last FBI official to sign a Carter Page FISA warrant request and was also involved in the Michael Flynn debacle when he along with FBI Director Christopher Wray fought hard to keep the public from learning about the Deep State from declassified documents.
Boente was given the chance to resign rather than being fired. Of course Deep State Christopher Wray was never going to fire him. The offer came from high ups in the DOJ. Boente is also accused of withholding exculpatory evidence from Gen Flynn. Boente was with the FBI for 38 years and will be leaving on June 30th. On nApril 29th it was reported that Boente was leading the charge in trying to prevent documents from being released.
The New York Times confirmed aspects of The Federalist report in a story on May 13. According to the newspaper, Boente opposed providing the documents to Flynn’s legal team but reluctantly did so under pressure from the Justice Department.
One of those documents was a Jan. 4, 2017 FBI memo authorizing the bureau to close a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn.
Top FBI officials intervened to keep the Flynn probe open, according to the documents.
Another document was a handwritten note dated Jan. 24, 2017 that showed then-FBI official Bill Priestap questioned whether the goal of an interview with Flynn was “to get him to lie” in order to prosecute him or force him out of a job.
The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss charges against Flynn on May 7, saying that prosecutors should have provided the exculpatory material to Flynn’s lawyers.