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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue May 1, 2018, 01:32 PM May 2018

The Professor At The Center Of The Trump-Russia Probe Was In Moscow Just Weeks Before Court...

Source: Buzzfeed News

The Professor At The Center Of The Trump-Russia Probe Was In Moscow Just Weeks Before Court Documents Were Unsealed

Joseph Mifsud's trip to Moscow coincided with an official visit by the king of Saudi Arabia.

Posted on May 1, 2018, at 12:18 p.m.

Alberto Nardelli
BuzzFeed News Europe Editor
London

Reporting From
London

Joseph Mifsud, the enigmatic Maltese professor at the center of the Trump-Russia probe, was in Moscow just weeks before special counsel Robert Mueller unsealed court documents alleging that Mifsud had told a Trump campaign adviser that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, BuzzFeed News has learned. The trip, which hasn’t been previously reported, is the last time Mifsud is known to have been in Russia.

Three weeks after his Russia trip, Mifsud was identified as the unnamed “overseas professor” who allegedly told foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos in April 2016 that Russia had thousands of emails from the Democrats. That was weeks before the Democrats themselves were aware that their computer systems had been hacked.

Mifsud was last seen in public Oct. 31, 2017, in Rome. His current whereabouts are unknown. The precise nature of Mifsud's place, if any, in Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election remains unclear and unexplained.

Still, the new information on Mifsud's travels indicates that even after he'd been questioned by the FBI, and as US investigators were about to make his role public, he remained in contact with Russian government circles.

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/the-professor-at-the-center-of-the-trump-russia-probe?utm_term=.uk1Oee6gw#.qg8LDDAzO

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The Professor At The Center Of The Trump-Russia Probe Was In Moscow Just Weeks Before Court... (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
Putin thickens the burial plots. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #1
Good symbolism. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #2
3 possibilities sdfernando May 2018 #3

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
2. Good symbolism.
Tue May 1, 2018, 02:09 PM
May 2018

And, the funerals are just beginning with Director Mueller in charge.

I wonder if he knows where the professor is? . . .

sdfernando

(4,927 posts)
3. 3 possibilities
Tue May 1, 2018, 04:09 PM
May 2018

1) He is in great fear of his safety and is in hiding.

2) Mueller has him under protective custody.

3) Putin offed him

I'm going with door #3 Bob.

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