Clinesmith's defense is that it was an accident. Everyone else above him on the food chain now has plausible deniability. They were just relying on Clinesmith's documents and we're deceived, they'll say.
The forest is that due to Clinesmith's plea deal, all of his co-conspirators can now point to his testimony and say it wasn't their fault, they were just acting according to the best knowledge they had of the situation, and they had no way of knowing it was false.
This is all bullshit of course, but he's their patsy and so far it is a perfect setup to protect Obama and the rest.
Clinesmith's defense is that it was an accident. Everyone else above him on the food chain now has plausible deniability. They were just relying on Clinesmith's documents and we're deceived, they'll say.
The forest is that due to Clinesmith's plea deal, all of his co-conspirators can now point to his testimony and say it wasn't their fault, they were just acting according to the best knowledge they had of the situation, and they had no way of knowing it was false.
This is all bullshit of course, but he's their patsy and so far it is a perfect setup to protect Obama and the rest.