From text messages between former FBI agent Peter Strzok and his mistress, former FBI attorney Lisa Page, we know one of the first things the FBI did after officially launching the probe into the Trump campaign was send Strzok and another trusted agent to London.
Papadopoulos also told the FBI that Mifsud was "a nothing," and that he thought Mifsud was "Just a guy talk[ing] up connections or something," while in fact, Papadopoulos thought Mifsud had high-level Russian connections.
Approximately two weeks later, the FBI interviewed Mifsud when, as the special counsel put it, "The FBI located him in Washington, D.C." That shouldn't have proven too difficult, given that Mifsud had flown to the United States to present at a conference sponsored by the State Department! Yet the FBI did not detain or arrest Mifsud, and the special counsel's filing from last week represents the first public acknowledgment of the FBI's February 2016 interview of Mifsud.
Did the FBI not quickly take those investigative steps then? If the FBI had been so concerned about "Quickly" investigating what Papadopoulos did with the information after receiving it, why did the FBI wait nearly six months to question Papadopoulos?
Further, nothing Papadopoulos said "Undermined investigators' ability to challenge the Professor or potentially detain or arrest him while he was still in the United States." Papadopoulos told the agents that Mifsud claimed the Russians had dirt on Hillary and thousands of emails, and the FBI had another source that pegged that conversation in late April 2016.
What did Mifsud say to the FBI in response to the agents' questioning? Did Mifsud deny telling Papadopoulos about the "Dirt" and "Emails?" If so, did the FBI confront him with Papadopoulos' statements? And did the DOJ update the FISA applications to inform the court on Mifsud's statements? It appears not.
It is unclear whether the FBI also video-recorded its interview of Mifsud, but given that Mueller's team stated in the sentencing memo that it had provided Papadopoulos a video of his January interview, it would be surprising if the FBI agents had not also recorded their interview with Mifsud-the supposed Russia connection that purportedly prompted the FBI to launch the investigation into the Trump campaign.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/papers-saying-papadopoulos-lied-fbi-fbi-shows-either-also-lying-incompetent/
Papadopoulos also told the FBI that Mifsud was "a nothing," and that he thought Mifsud was "Just a guy talk[ing] up connections or something," while in fact, Papadopoulos thought Mifsud had high-level Russian connections.
Approximately two weeks later, the FBI interviewed Mifsud when, as the special counsel put it, "The FBI located him in Washington, D.C." That shouldn't have proven too difficult, given that Mifsud had flown to the United States to present at a conference sponsored by the State Department! Yet the FBI did not detain or arrest Mifsud, and the special counsel's filing from last week represents the first public acknowledgment of the FBI's February 2016 interview of Mifsud.
Did the FBI not quickly take those investigative steps then? If the FBI had been so concerned about "Quickly" investigating what Papadopoulos did with the information after receiving it, why did the FBI wait nearly six months to question Papadopoulos?
Further, nothing Papadopoulos said "Undermined investigators' ability to challenge the Professor or potentially detain or arrest him while he was still in the United States." Papadopoulos told the agents that Mifsud claimed the Russians had dirt on Hillary and thousands of emails, and the FBI had another source that pegged that conversation in late April 2016.
What did Mifsud say to the FBI in response to the agents' questioning? Did Mifsud deny telling Papadopoulos about the "Dirt" and "Emails?" If so, did the FBI confront him with Papadopoulos' statements? And did the DOJ update the FISA applications to inform the court on Mifsud's statements? It appears not.
It is unclear whether the FBI also video-recorded its interview of Mifsud, but given that Mueller's team stated in the sentencing memo that it had provided Papadopoulos a video of his January interview, it would be surprising if the FBI agents had not also recorded their interview with Mifsud-the supposed Russia connection that purportedly prompted the FBI to launch the investigation into the Trump campaign.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/papers-saying-papadopoulos-lied-fbi-fbi-shows-either-also-lying-incompetent/
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