Russiagate: The Mysterious Mr. Mifsud Back in the Mix

But first, some cleanup on Gen. Michael Flynn. Grant Baker at AmThink, The Continued Frameup of General Flynn and from Sundance at CTH, Jack Cashill Discusses Flynn Targeting Contrast Against Obama’s Agenda and Current Challenge For DOJ and AG Bill Barr…

And onto the Mysterious Mr. Mifsud, and the recent release of the FBI's 302 from his interview. They didn't seem to treat him as a foreign agent (they probably knew he was on their side) and questioned him very gently. Da Wire, Central Figure In Russia-Collusion Narrative Said He Never Offered Any Russian ‘Dirt’ On Hillary Clinton, FBI Interview Reveals. Fox, Mysterious Maltese professor denied making offer to Papadopoulos, new docs show

Joseph Mifsud, the mysterious Maltese professor who ex-FBI Director James Comey referred to as a “Russian agent” in an op-ed, denied any advance knowledge that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton and told investigators he never made any offers to George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign strategist, according to newly released FBI documents.

Mifsud, who is considered to be something of an international man of mystery, has studied law and diplomacy in London and Rome and was believed to have had contacts with key Russian officials. He met with Papadopoulos in 2016 at Link Campus University in Rome and then in London.

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation stated that Mifsud was the person who told Papadopoulos in April 2016 that Russians had “dirt” in the form of emails on Hillary Clinton that could damage her chances of becoming president.

Twitter user Techno Fog posted the FBI's "302" interview summary on Mifsud and pointed out that the 59-year-old professor told investigators he had “no advance knowledge Russia was in possession of emails from the Democratic National Committee and, therefore, did not make any offers or proffer any information” to Papadopoulos.

Sundance, Maltese Professor Joseph Mifsud FBI Interview Notes Released….

A narrative, pushed through a series of FBI leaks in 2017 outlining Mifsud as a Russian entity, was at the center of how the media justified the FBI targeting the Trump campaign for colluding with Russia. Later the special counsel used FBI conversations with Papadopoulos to claim he was less than honest about his contacts with Mifsud.

However, the actual FBI interview notes with Mifsud on February 10, 2017, show a remarkably different story.
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The release of the Mifsud interview notes highlights the casual lack of importance the FBI seemed to be placing on the Russian “hacking” of the DNC or Clinton emails. Additionally, there is absolutely no evidence the FBI considered Mifsud a “Russian asset” as outlined by former FBI Director James Comey. Indeed the entire thing just gets more sketchy.

This FBI interview with Mifsud appears to be more of an approach at justifying a pre-existing investigation. Perhaps best viewed as a ‘going-through-the-paces’ approach to defend the thin gruel pretense for the Trump surveillance of the prior year.

The FBI based the legality and justification of their Trump campaign investigation on a rumor of a conversation shared by Australian Ambassador Alexander Downer as he recalled George Papadopoulos referencing this contact with Mifsud. The information from Downer came through unofficial channels connected to the State Department and was passed along to the FBI.

From the casual lack of inquiry it appears s the FBI interviewers knew the origination story was very thin and did not want to add aspects that would undermine the original justification. Instead, they eventually handed the entire mess over to the special counsel where Andrew Weissmann and crew used these thin threads to piece together a fabrication that would advance the political opposition to President Trump.

 And the star-crossed lovers? Judicial Watch, New Strzok-Page Emails Show FBI Investigated President Trump’s Tweets Critical of Obama and FBI

“These astonishing emails, which have been hidden for years, show the Comey FBI was investigating President Trump over his critical tweets of the agency and Obama’s spying abuse and misconduct,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “These emails also show that Comey was intimately involved with illegal and dishonest FISA spy op against President Trump. Where is Durham?”

Chuck Ross at Da Caller, ‘That Worries Me’: Peter Strzok Expressed Concern In Email About Scrutiny Of Trump-Russia Probe . And the events have proved he should have.

'Adam Mill' at Da Fed has 3 Pieces Of Recycled Collusion Garbage In The Senate Intelligence Report. "Lie 1: Manafort Endangered U.S. Security by Feeding Information to the Russian Government . . . Lie 2: The Trump Tower Meeting Was a Product of Russian Intelligence . . . Lie 3 The Trump Campaign Used Roger Stone to Get Advance Knowledge of WikiLeaks Dumps . . . "

Paul Goldberg at Newsthud, Deep State Corruption: Ukrainian US Embassy ‘Monitored’ Trump Jr. And Others, Created An ‘Enemies List’ and From Wes Walker and Jeff Dunetz at Da Lid, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Had Embassy Staff Monitor Social Media Of Pro-Trump Americans

During the Ukraine hoax, when people outside the government exposing the truth about the Democratic-party created scandal, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and her embassy staff were monitoring the social media of prominent pro-Trump Americans. The list included Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rudy Guiliani, Dan Bongino, Sebastian Gorka, John Solomon, Jack Posobiec, Ryan Saavedra, Sara A. Carter, Donald Trump Jr., Michael McFaul, Lou Dobbs, and Pamela Geller.

It was a Democrat CYA that sprang up when people started sniffing around too close to where the bodies were buried. Remember the phone call? Trump dared to ask whether there was any truth to Biden’s boasting about getting a Ukrainian official fired and whether there was anything about it that smacked of corruption.

For one thing, certain corrupt characters in Ukraine figured prominently in the Spygate scandal, even providing another bogus accusatory document — informally known as the ‘black ledger’ — that prompted the investigation forcing Trump’s campaign manager to step down in the middle of his campaign.

Sundance, We are The People We Have Been Waiting For… and  Brennan Transmits His Durham Briefing to the Crew…

Ten days ago former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed by the investigative unit led by John Durham.

Two days ago Brennan told the “small group” of politicians and corrupt Obama officials what his official line to those Durham investigators was.

Brennan tells his allies this through an Op-Ed published in the Washington Post.

The motive, intent and purpose is the same as Dianne Feinstein’s leak of the Glenn Simpson testimony… get all messaging on the same page. . . .

Rich Cromwell at Da Fed, Did Impeachment Happen, Or Did I Imagine It? For some reasons, Democrats seem to have pushed it to the back. I wonder why?

Chris White at Da Caller, Russian Troll Farm Behind 2016 Ruse Hires Left-Wing American Writers, Creates Fake News Site To Target Voters: Report. Well, there's an abundance of them, and they're cheap.

Victory Girls, Hunter Biden, Chinese Dealings Need Investigating. WaFreeBee, Hunter Biden Holds Stake in Chinese Company Sanctioned for Human-Rights Abuses

Hunter Biden holds a stake in a Chinese surveillance company that is under U.S. sanctions for human-rights violations, complicating his father Joe Biden’s campaign promise to crack down on American businesses with financial ties to China’s humanitarian abuses.

Bohai Harvest RST Shanghai Equity, an investment firm that Hunter Biden owns a stake in, initially invested in Megvii, a sanctioned Chinese tech company that specializes in facial recognition software, in 2017, according to the company’s website. The firm holds a nearly 2 percent stake in Megvii through two holding companies, according to a prospectus filed by Megvii as part of its application for a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange last year.

Last year, the U.S. Department of Commerce added Megvii to its list of sanctioned entities that were "implicated in human-rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups."

Breitbart, Court Blocks Release of Trump Tax Returns amid Latest Appeal, NYPo, Appeals court agrees to delay release of Trump’s tax returns