A former FBI analyst admitted he unlawfully accessed the email account of a neighbor who announced plans to hold a news conference to air sexual harassment allegations against special counsel Robert Mueller
A former FBI analyst was sentenced to seven days in jail and a $500 fine Friday for illegally accessing a neighbor’s email account in a bid to head off an apparent smear campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller.
At Tolson’s sentencing Friday morning in Alexandria, Va., the longtime FBI employee told U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema that he acted out of a desire “to protect Director Mueller” from what Tolson believed were false allegations. “It was because of the press conference, your honor,” the ex-FBI official said.
Berrang said Tolson’s decision to take the information first to a reporter rather than the FBI suggested the actions weren’t just about preventing harm to Mueller or his probe.“There was no other motivation here other than to protect Mueller,” MacMahon said. The effort by Burkman and right-wing activist Jacob Wohl to target Mueller was widely condemned, particularly following reports that mysterious individuals were contacting Mueller’s female former colleagues and offering to pay them for damaging information.
Brinkema also had a word of praise for the unnamed journalist who decided not to act on the information and password offer Tolson relayed via an encrypted app.
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