Memo: Papadopoulos Info Triggered FBI’s Russia Investigation

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The FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump campaign officials had improper contacts with Russia was triggered by information the bureau obtained about George Papadopoulos, a former adviser to the campaign, according to the memo released  by House Intelligence Committee Republicans.

Allies of President Trump have claimed the Russia probe began with the so-called Steele dossier that was paid for in part by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). That would mean the Russia investigation itself — and by extension, special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe — was launched from political opposition research.

But the memo states that FBI agent Pete Strzok opened the investigation in July 2016 based on “information” about Papadapoulos, rather than the dossier.

 

Read more at The Hill.

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  1. The FBI is continuing with their lies. The FBI was referring to Papadopoulos as the “inside source”. Papadopoulos was a one time low-level volunteer campaign adviser WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO THE FBI.

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