United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut press release dated August 19, 2020, announces that former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith, 38, pleaded guilty to making a false statement by altering an email used in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application during the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The guilty plea was made in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, announced by John H. Durham, Special Attorney to the Attorney General, during a videoconference proceeding due to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).