James WOLFE the Senate Intel staffer who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his media contacts, gets a plea for leniency from the GOP chairman of the Committee Richard Burr, along with Dems Mark Warner and Dianne Feinstein. 
Among those vouching for him is former national intelligence director James Clapper, who provided a handwritten note
And former Obama chief of staff Denis McDonough weigh in on his behalf too.
Wolfe’s lawyer notes that George Papadopoulos and Alexander van der Zwaan both got relatively short sentences (14 and 30 days, respectively) and says Wolfe’s transgression was less severe because it didn’t impede an active investigation.
