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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump directed Flynn to find Clinton's emails, Flynn reached out to Grassley's staffer & PETER SMITH
PETER SMITH was contacted by Michael Flynn to find the deleted Clinton emails, at Trump's request, per Mueller.
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NEW: Trump personally directed Mike Flynn to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails, special counsel says. Flynn then reached out to GOP operative Peter Smith and Grassley staffer Barbara Ledeen, who embarked on parallel efforts to obtain them from hackers.
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Peter Smith was the GOP operative who "committed suicide".
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Trump directed Flynn to find Clinton's emails, Flynn reached out to Grassley's staffer & PETER SMITH (Original Post)
MelissaB
Apr 2019
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malaise
(268,980 posts)1. I questioned his suicide way back when
Never bought it
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)2. Nope. I didn't, either.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)4. Here is an article from NY Post re: Peter Smith suicide
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/muellers-quiet-but-suspicious-russia-clues-keep-popping-up.html
About 1/2 way down:
About 1/2 way down:
Most interestingly, the Journal got in touch with somebody who spoke with Smith shortly before his death. Retired Wall Street financier Charles Ortel said he spoke with Mr. Smith on the phone in the hours before his death about a new project to brief the Obama Foundation and warn its leaders against the mistakes they believed were made by the Clinton Foundation, reports the Journal. According to Mr. Ortel, Mr. Smith sounded excited, and he began brainstorming who to contact and how to proceed.
As Betsy Woodruff reported earlier this summer, and as Ryan Goodman noted, Mueller recently added to his team attorney Kathryn Rakoczy, best known for her work on violent crime cases. This would support the likelihood that Mueller is investigating Smiths death as a murder. It is obviously possible that Smith suddenly decided to commit suicide after this conversation without betraying any hint of his intention, and while sounding excited about a future plan. But it is looking increasingly plausible that somebody in fact killed him.
As Betsy Woodruff reported earlier this summer, and as Ryan Goodman noted, Mueller recently added to his team attorney Kathryn Rakoczy, best known for her work on violent crime cases. This would support the likelihood that Mueller is investigating Smiths death as a murder. It is obviously possible that Smith suddenly decided to commit suicide after this conversation without betraying any hint of his intention, and while sounding excited about a future plan. But it is looking increasingly plausible that somebody in fact killed him.
malaise
(268,980 posts)5. Thanks for the link
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)3. Wasn't he the guy who left a "no foul play" suicide note?
Yeah, nothing weird about that.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)6. Updated OP with Barbara Ledeem, Grassley's staffer info.