The Professor Behind the Trump Campaign Adviser Charges
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The Professor Behind the Trump Campaign Adviser Charges
Russian wrote that understood that the professor had substantial connections to Russian gov
about his conversations with the "professor." Mr. Mifsud is referred to in the papers only as "the professor," based in London,
but a Senate aide familiar with emails involving Mr. Mifsud — lawmakers in both the Senate and the House are investigating Russia’s role in the election — confirmed that he was the professor.
Mr. Papadopoulos emailed his campaign supervisor about his promising meeting with his "good friend" — Mr. Mifsud —
and "Putin’s niece." "Great work," the supervisor responded, according to the prosecutors.
Then, they said, Mr. Mifsud "appeared to take great interest." When the two men first met, in Italy in March 2016, Mr. Mifsud quickly promised "dirt" on
Mrs. Clinton, then the likely Democratic presidential nominee, in the form of "thousands of emails" obtained by the Russian government, prosecutors say.
Mr. Mifsud then put Mr. Papadopoulos in contact with the Russian Foreign Ministry and, on April 26, met Mr. Papadopoulos for breakfast in London.
Mr. Papadopoulos was an energy consultant before he joined the Trump campaign,
and Mr. Mifsud was "initially" uninterested in him until he disclosed his Trump campaign role, the prosecutors wrote in the court papers.
Russian wrote that understood that the professor had substantial connections to Russian gov
about his conversations with the "professor." Mr. Mifsud is referred to in the papers only as "the professor," based in London,
but a Senate aide familiar with emails involving Mr. Mifsud — lawmakers in both the Senate and the House are investigating Russia’s role in the election — confirmed that he was the professor.
Mr. Papadopoulos emailed his campaign supervisor about his promising meeting with his "good friend" — Mr. Mifsud —
and "Putin’s niece." "Great work," the supervisor responded, according to the prosecutors.
Then, they said, Mr. Mifsud "appeared to take great interest." When the two men first met, in Italy in March 2016, Mr. Mifsud quickly promised "dirt" on
Mrs. Clinton, then the likely Democratic presidential nominee, in the form of "thousands of emails" obtained by the Russian government, prosecutors say.
Mr. Mifsud then put Mr. Papadopoulos in contact with the Russian Foreign Ministry and, on April 26, met Mr. Papadopoulos for breakfast in London.
Mr. Papadopoulos was an energy consultant before he joined the Trump campaign,
and Mr. Mifsud was "initially" uninterested in him until he disclosed his Trump campaign role, the prosecutors wrote in the court papers.