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That happened in “late May 2016” right around the time that Fusion GPS hired Steele. Note that Steele and Bruce Ohr were already in cahoots for several months
by zaroth 8y ago
That happened in “late May 2016” right around the time that Fusion GPS hired Steele.
Note that Steele and Bruce Ohr were already in cahoots for several months by then, and Steele was already established as an CI with the FBI (a cover he later blew).
Papadopoulos met Professor Mifsud in London in March, and later Misfud said he had ties to the Kremlin and he claimed Russia had dirt on Clinton. Papadopolous sent an email two weeks after the London bar meeting saying Misfud introduced him to the Russian Ambassador to England and that the Ambassador might be able to help setup a meeting between Trump and Putin.
It was what Mifsud told Papadopolous that he would later talk about with the Greek or Australian diplomat that would be reported back to the FBI.
Interestingly, there are reports that Mifsud is actually a western intelligence officer, and has no links to the Kremlin whatsoever.
- jpfed 8y agoYes, Steele had good relationships with our intelligence community. I don't see how that bears on the beginning of the investigation. I haven't seen anything actually credible that Mifsud was western intelligence.
- zaroth 8y agoChris Steele (an agent of a foreign government) was dead-set on preventing Trump from becoming President. He had high level contacts at the FBI and DOJ which he was in contact with throughout early 2016. Hopefully one day it will become fully clear what Steele was telling Bruce and Nellie Ohr, up until the very day before the FBI opened their investigation, when Nellie met Chris at the Mayflower Hotel on July 29, 2016. But we do know at least that it was lies, mostly (Russian?) lies, that Steele was feeding the FBI. And we know certainly those lies had a bearing on the character and direction of the investigation, and on the methods employed to attempt to gather evidence (FISA), even if it is not the publically admitted initial basis for starting the investigation. Mifsud, for his part, has gone to ground and isn’t taking interviews.