Despite your clear hatred for Trump, you cannot de
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Despite your clear hatred for Trump, you cannot deny his accomplishments.
There is a lot more to be exposed and it't not good for the Trump haters.
Trump was warned about Joseph Mifsud's attempts to set up Trump associates on Oct. 1st by Michael Rogers, then the Admiral Director of US National Security Agency.
After Trump won the election, Admiral Mike Rogers traveled to Trump Tower and met with Trump. He again told Trump about attempts to infiltrate his organization and then Trump packed up and moved his transitional team to Bedminister.
Professor Joseph Mifsud disappeared after his contacts with George Papadopoulos and Carter Page. He left the United States on February 11, 2017 and he has not returned.
Shortly after being interviewed by the FBI early last year, the mystery professor at the center of the Trump-Russia investigation emailed the bureau with a recap of the interview.
The email, reported by The Hill , seemingly shows what Mifsud told FBI agents during a Feb. 11, 2017 interview in Washington, D.C.
According to The Hill, Mifsud downplayed his interactions with George Papadopoulos, denying that there was anything nefarious in his dealings with the former Trump campaign adviser.
Papadopoulos told FBI agents during a Jan. 27, 2017 interview that Mifsud mentioned to him during an April 2016 meeting that the Russian government had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands” of her emails.
Instead, it was a conversation that Papadopoulos had on May 10, 2016 with Australian diplomat Alexander Downer that the FBI would use to open the collusion probe in late July 2016.
Downer claimed that Papadopoulos made a reference to Russians having derogatory information on Clinton.
In his email to the FBI, Mifsud said that he and Papadopoulos mostly discussed “wide geo-strategic issues” and that “cybersecurity was never the direct object of any of our communications.”
Mifsud, who was interviewed by the FBI in Washington, D.C., after attending an event hosted by the State Department, wrote that he and Papadopoulos discussed “how the Trump then-campaign team looked to develop a conversation on Europe/UK…and with Russia” as well as “the fallout in policy in the deteriorating relationship between the major countries in the world today.”
Campaign emails show that Papadopoulos attempted to set up meetings between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials. Email traffic shows that campaign officials rebuffed the suggestion of holding meetings.
Mifsud also acknowledged that he introduced Papadopoulos to Ivan Timofeev, a program director at a Russian think tank.
On April 18, 2016, Mifsud introduced Papadopoulos to Timofeev, who claimed to have connections to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to government filings.
Papadopoulos and Timofeev remained in contact for several weeks and attempted to set up meetings between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
“Dr. Timofeev and I have been collaborating for a number of years on a number of geo-strategic issues, mainly pertaining to publications/training for diplomats/international experts on energy security and their implications on international relations,” Mifsud wrote to the FBI, adding that “after speaking to both individuals, I put them in contact with each other.”
“The intent of that ‘bridging’ was specifically of a geo-political nature and not tied in any way or form to cybersecurity,” Mifsud wrote.
“It was to create a mutual understanding on world affairs and how we can contribute to peace and stability.”
Mifsud said that he reviewed his documents and found nothing pertaining to the FBI’s questions about possible collusion.
“The issues that you specifically asked me about in your questions this morning did not feature in any of our email conversations as far as I can see,” Mifsud wrote.
Mueller’s decision to sentence Papadopoulos in the middle of the Trump-Russia investigation suggests that Papadopoulos does not hold the keys to any collusion conspiracy, if one occurred.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/30/professor-...email-fbi/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep...nton-dirt/
FBI ‘missed chance to question’ London-based professor over Trump campaign links to Russia
Joseph Mifsud denies telling a former Trump aide he had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton
It was suggested in the documents that the FBI had contact with Prof Mifsud while he was in the US during the early part of the investigation.
FBI agents"located" him in Washington about two weeks after Mr Papadopoulos' January 2017 interview.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/19/f...-campaign/
Speculation rages over Papadopoulos tipster's role: Who was Maltese prof working for?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/05/sp...g-for.html
If You Inspect The FISA Applications Closely, More Mysteries Arise About Joseph Mifsud
What began as a deep-dive into the Trump Tower meeting unearthed yet further proof of the DOJ and FBI’s abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
(Scroll down through the article to
The Mysterious Joseph Mifsud Resurfaces
But while Samochornov’s involvement seems innocent enough, the sojourn into his history snagged another thread: In reading the old FBI press release, the aforementioned “United States Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program,” struck a chord of familiarity. Sure enough, the program is run by the State Department’s Office of International Visitors, which sponsors the Global Ties national conference. The February 8, 2017, Global Ties conference in Washington DC featured Joseph Mifsud as a speaker.
Mifsud was the Maltese professor connected to the London Centre of International Law, where former Trump campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos served a short stint in the spring of 2016. In April of that year, upon returning from a trip to Russia, Mifsud told Papadopoulos that the Russians had dirt on Hillary.
The FBI later claimed that it launched Crossfire Hurricane in July 2016, after learning that Papadopoulos had repeated Mifsud’s claim to an Australia diplomat in London over drinks. Mifsud denied Papadopoulos’ version of the events and claimed that he told the FBI as much during a February 2017 interview with federal agents while in DC for the conference.
The State Department’s involvement with the Global Ties conference merited only passing mention two months ago, but since then we have learned of extensive connections between the State Deparment and the launch of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign, which The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross detailed recently here.
In light of those revelations and the FBI’s past collegial relationship with the State Department’s Office of International Visitors, the invitation to Mifsud to speak at the Global Ties’ conference appears to have been either to provide cover for Mifsud to speak to the FBI, in which case he would be a plant, or a set-up to give the FBI access to the supposed Russian spy.
But why then did the FBI release Mifsud and allow him to leave the country ?
Let’s Review the Carter Page FISA Applications to See
The recently released Page FISA applications might provide a hint, I thought, so I pulled the sections discussing Papadopoulos from the four applications to compare. A spare line, unblackened portion, or even the addition of several redacted paragraphs might give some insight.
The important comparison would be between the second application filed in January 2017 (by mid-January, because the October 21, 2016, surveillance order expired in 90 days) and the FISA application filed in April 2017, because three significant events occurred during that time.
First, the FBI interviewed Papadopoulos on January 27, 2017.
Second, the FBI reportedly interviewed Mifsud in early-to-mid February, 2017 in Washington DC, when Mifsud spoke at the Global Ties conference.
Third, the FBI interviewed Papadopoulos again on February 16, 2017. The April 2017 application should have included details from these interviews, especially details from its interview of Mifsud, who, after all, supposedly provided the information that launched Crossfire Hurricane.
But the page-plus summary of Papadopoulos’ role in the Trump campaign and his supposed nexus to “coordinated efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election” remained unchanged.
https://vault.fbi.gov/d1-release/d1-release/view
(Compare pages 93-94 with pages 191-192 of the released FISA applications available here.)
https://vault.fbi.gov/d1-release/d1-release/view
The only apparent change in that section came in the concluding paragraph, detailing Page’s “established relationships with Russian Government officials,” with a slight addition to the footnote. (See page 192 of the FISA Application file.)
Of particular note, the footnote included a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request exemption notation, b7D-1, which allows the government to withhold information that “could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source.”
These facts indicate that the DOJ did not inform the FISA court of the FBI interviews with Papadopoulos and Mifsud.
But it should have, especially if Mifsud denied Papadopoulos’ claim that the Maltese professor had bragged that the Russians had dirt on Hillary. Or was Mifsud an FBI informant or an asset of a foreign government, and was that instead what the DOJ told the FISA court?
It’s time for the FBI to come clean:
Who was Mifsud, and what was his role in the launch of Crossfire Hurricane?
And did the State Department assist the FBI in handling Mifsud?
Congress and the president supposedly hold power over these agencies. They, and we, need the answers.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/02/inspect-f...ph-mifsud/
THIS IS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST ORDER THE FISA COURT APPLICATIONS BE RELEASED WITHOUT REDACTIONS!
There is a lot more to be exposed and it't not good for the Trump haters.
Trump was warned about Joseph Mifsud's attempts to set up Trump associates on Oct. 1st by Michael Rogers, then the Admiral Director of US National Security Agency.
After Trump won the election, Admiral Mike Rogers traveled to Trump Tower and met with Trump. He again told Trump about attempts to infiltrate his organization and then Trump packed up and moved his transitional team to Bedminister.
Professor Joseph Mifsud disappeared after his contacts with George Papadopoulos and Carter Page. He left the United States on February 11, 2017 and he has not returned.
Shortly after being interviewed by the FBI early last year, the mystery professor at the center of the Trump-Russia investigation emailed the bureau with a recap of the interview.
The email, reported by The Hill , seemingly shows what Mifsud told FBI agents during a Feb. 11, 2017 interview in Washington, D.C.
According to The Hill, Mifsud downplayed his interactions with George Papadopoulos, denying that there was anything nefarious in his dealings with the former Trump campaign adviser.
Papadopoulos told FBI agents during a Jan. 27, 2017 interview that Mifsud mentioned to him during an April 2016 meeting that the Russian government had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands” of her emails.
Instead, it was a conversation that Papadopoulos had on May 10, 2016 with Australian diplomat Alexander Downer that the FBI would use to open the collusion probe in late July 2016.
Downer claimed that Papadopoulos made a reference to Russians having derogatory information on Clinton.
In his email to the FBI, Mifsud said that he and Papadopoulos mostly discussed “wide geo-strategic issues” and that “cybersecurity was never the direct object of any of our communications.”
Mifsud, who was interviewed by the FBI in Washington, D.C., after attending an event hosted by the State Department, wrote that he and Papadopoulos discussed “how the Trump then-campaign team looked to develop a conversation on Europe/UK…and with Russia” as well as “the fallout in policy in the deteriorating relationship between the major countries in the world today.”
Campaign emails show that Papadopoulos attempted to set up meetings between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials. Email traffic shows that campaign officials rebuffed the suggestion of holding meetings.
Mifsud also acknowledged that he introduced Papadopoulos to Ivan Timofeev, a program director at a Russian think tank.
On April 18, 2016, Mifsud introduced Papadopoulos to Timofeev, who claimed to have connections to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to government filings.
Papadopoulos and Timofeev remained in contact for several weeks and attempted to set up meetings between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
“Dr. Timofeev and I have been collaborating for a number of years on a number of geo-strategic issues, mainly pertaining to publications/training for diplomats/international experts on energy security and their implications on international relations,” Mifsud wrote to the FBI, adding that “after speaking to both individuals, I put them in contact with each other.”
“The intent of that ‘bridging’ was specifically of a geo-political nature and not tied in any way or form to cybersecurity,” Mifsud wrote.
“It was to create a mutual understanding on world affairs and how we can contribute to peace and stability.”
Mifsud said that he reviewed his documents and found nothing pertaining to the FBI’s questions about possible collusion.
“The issues that you specifically asked me about in your questions this morning did not feature in any of our email conversations as far as I can see,” Mifsud wrote.
Mueller’s decision to sentence Papadopoulos in the middle of the Trump-Russia investigation suggests that Papadopoulos does not hold the keys to any collusion conspiracy, if one occurred.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/30/professor-...email-fbi/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep...nton-dirt/
FBI ‘missed chance to question’ London-based professor over Trump campaign links to Russia
Joseph Mifsud denies telling a former Trump aide he had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton
It was suggested in the documents that the FBI had contact with Prof Mifsud while he was in the US during the early part of the investigation.
FBI agents"located" him in Washington about two weeks after Mr Papadopoulos' January 2017 interview.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/19/f...-campaign/
Speculation rages over Papadopoulos tipster's role: Who was Maltese prof working for?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/05/sp...g-for.html
If You Inspect The FISA Applications Closely, More Mysteries Arise About Joseph Mifsud
What began as a deep-dive into the Trump Tower meeting unearthed yet further proof of the DOJ and FBI’s abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
(Scroll down through the article to
The Mysterious Joseph Mifsud Resurfaces
But while Samochornov’s involvement seems innocent enough, the sojourn into his history snagged another thread: In reading the old FBI press release, the aforementioned “United States Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program,” struck a chord of familiarity. Sure enough, the program is run by the State Department’s Office of International Visitors, which sponsors the Global Ties national conference. The February 8, 2017, Global Ties conference in Washington DC featured Joseph Mifsud as a speaker.
Mifsud was the Maltese professor connected to the London Centre of International Law, where former Trump campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos served a short stint in the spring of 2016. In April of that year, upon returning from a trip to Russia, Mifsud told Papadopoulos that the Russians had dirt on Hillary.
The FBI later claimed that it launched Crossfire Hurricane in July 2016, after learning that Papadopoulos had repeated Mifsud’s claim to an Australia diplomat in London over drinks. Mifsud denied Papadopoulos’ version of the events and claimed that he told the FBI as much during a February 2017 interview with federal agents while in DC for the conference.
The State Department’s involvement with the Global Ties conference merited only passing mention two months ago, but since then we have learned of extensive connections between the State Deparment and the launch of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign, which The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross detailed recently here.
In light of those revelations and the FBI’s past collegial relationship with the State Department’s Office of International Visitors, the invitation to Mifsud to speak at the Global Ties’ conference appears to have been either to provide cover for Mifsud to speak to the FBI, in which case he would be a plant, or a set-up to give the FBI access to the supposed Russian spy.
But why then did the FBI release Mifsud and allow him to leave the country ?
Let’s Review the Carter Page FISA Applications to See
The recently released Page FISA applications might provide a hint, I thought, so I pulled the sections discussing Papadopoulos from the four applications to compare. A spare line, unblackened portion, or even the addition of several redacted paragraphs might give some insight.
The important comparison would be between the second application filed in January 2017 (by mid-January, because the October 21, 2016, surveillance order expired in 90 days) and the FISA application filed in April 2017, because three significant events occurred during that time.
First, the FBI interviewed Papadopoulos on January 27, 2017.
Second, the FBI reportedly interviewed Mifsud in early-to-mid February, 2017 in Washington DC, when Mifsud spoke at the Global Ties conference.
Third, the FBI interviewed Papadopoulos again on February 16, 2017. The April 2017 application should have included details from these interviews, especially details from its interview of Mifsud, who, after all, supposedly provided the information that launched Crossfire Hurricane.
But the page-plus summary of Papadopoulos’ role in the Trump campaign and his supposed nexus to “coordinated efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election” remained unchanged.
https://vault.fbi.gov/d1-release/d1-release/view
(Compare pages 93-94 with pages 191-192 of the released FISA applications available here.)
https://vault.fbi.gov/d1-release/d1-release/view
The only apparent change in that section came in the concluding paragraph, detailing Page’s “established relationships with Russian Government officials,” with a slight addition to the footnote. (See page 192 of the FISA Application file.)
Of particular note, the footnote included a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request exemption notation, b7D-1, which allows the government to withhold information that “could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source.”
These facts indicate that the DOJ did not inform the FISA court of the FBI interviews with Papadopoulos and Mifsud.
But it should have, especially if Mifsud denied Papadopoulos’ claim that the Maltese professor had bragged that the Russians had dirt on Hillary. Or was Mifsud an FBI informant or an asset of a foreign government, and was that instead what the DOJ told the FISA court?
It’s time for the FBI to come clean:
Who was Mifsud, and what was his role in the launch of Crossfire Hurricane?
And did the State Department assist the FBI in handling Mifsud?
Congress and the president supposedly hold power over these agencies. They, and we, need the answers.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/02/inspect-f...ph-mifsud/
THIS IS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST ORDER THE FISA COURT APPLICATIONS BE RELEASED WITHOUT REDACTIONS!
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