Thread by @ombudsman4truth

Big story out, perpetuates old lies, creates new ones, more pearl clutching about Trump enlisting foreign governments to help him straighten out the half dozen or so lies in the next 3 paragraphs I'll cap

nytimes.com/2019/09/30/us/…

☝️ This is the first time we've ever heard the claim that Australian reported "Russian outreach to the campaign", rather than simply "suspected suspicious foreknowledge" of WikiLeaks. It's never been clear whether George Papadopoulos told Alexander Downer about Joseph Mifsud.

We know that Mueller gives a different date from when Downer and Papadopoulos met, so it cannot have been Downer

Also noticed ☝️how how it refers to simply "the dirt" in the current vague vernacular. Which dirt is it even referring to? The DNC emails George never mentioned? Or Hillary's emails which he did?

Then we switch suddenly from Papadopoulos telling the Australian something, to him saying something to... the FBI a year later?

A couple simple questions for Australia: which diplomat of yours actually met George, and on which date, that actually produced the FBI tip? What did he say, exactly? Did he mention Mifsud? What did the FBI do to run it down? We've never had these BASIC questions answered.

My guess is it was Erika Thompson on May 6 and he told her that Russia had Hillary's deleted emails and that they planned on releasing them some time during the campaign, but didn't say where he'd heard this. (Colleagues, Fox, Forbes, Twitter)

Given that we've been given the WRONG Australian on the wrong date and let to believe that George discussed Mifsud, when I think it's clear he didn't, I'd sayv the Australians owe America some answers!