re: What's the penalty for knowingly spying on a political opponent then lying about it?

I really, really do not believe that any of the people who used the apparatus of Der Staat to attack Citizen Trump, Candidate Trump, POTUS Trump, any of his family and any of his employees, will ever face any adverse action.

I truly believe that they will be rewarded, secretly, if necessary. For example, Brennan is already a paid employee of both NBC and MSNBC.

I truly believe that people should begin to look inwardly for some kind of redemption because the United States of America will never redeem you, will never support you and will never help you. In fact, one day, it may destroy you.

There are a lot of people who have a lot of faith in the USA and, IMHO, they are going to be very disillusioned when the day comes to discover that faith to be completely misplaced.