I just realized something. Kevin Clinesmith was likely an FBI Lawyer involved in coordinating/organizing the $10,000 Papadopoulos operation. He interviewed Papadop upon return...
So setting up Page (falsifying FISA), would go hand-in-hand w/ motive setting up papadop.
So setting up Page (falsifying FISA), would go hand-in-hand w/ motive setting up papadop.
Might be worthwhile for @GeorgePapa19 to go back and look at the hastily assembled post detention *warrant* from day after the airport stop....
@GeorgePapa19 Remember... the most likely original goal was FARA, the $10k was evidence therein.
(1) FARA
(2) Possible Treasury Violation
and..
Because (1) was defined as illegal, then...
(3) Money Laundering.
(1) FARA
(2) Possible Treasury Violation
and..
Because (1) was defined as illegal, then...
(3) Money Laundering.
@GeorgePapa19 "Mr. Clinesmith left the Russia investigation in February 2018 after the inspector general identified him as one of a handful of F.B.I. officials who expressed animus toward Mr. Trump"...
Feb '18. Clinesmith was there working with Weissmann for Papadop
nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/…
Feb '18. Clinesmith was there working with Weissmann for Papadop
nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/…
@GeorgePapa19 IMPORTANT: "Indeed, when he was arrested at Dulles Airport on July 27 after coming off a flight from Munich, prosecutors had no warrant for him and no indictment or criminal complaint. The complaint would be filed the following morning and approved by Howell in Washington."
@GeorgePapa19 "when prosecutors filed the complaint the next day they got a spoken order from Howell to seal it, but followed up with a written request that they could take to the magistrate in Alexandria, where they showed up almost an hour later than she expected."
politico.com/story/2017/11/…
politico.com/story/2017/11/…
@GeorgePapa19 NO SEARCH WARRANT - Papadop defense "told POLITICO that aspects of the case remain a mystery to him, including why prosecutors acted with such haste to arrest his client even before they had gone to court to seek a warrant or formal charges."
politico.com/story/2017/12/…
politico.com/story/2017/12/…
@GeorgePapa19 USED PATRIOT ACT (Warrantless Airport Detention)
..."He was arrested before he got to Customs and he was then held at the airport before being brought to a law enforcement office," Stanley recalled."...
..."He was arrested before he got to Customs and he was then held at the airport before being brought to a law enforcement office," Stanley recalled."...
@GeorgePapa19 Judge Beryl Howell. An Obama appointee from Columbia Law School.🤔
@GeorgePapa19 6/8/17 US intel asset Charles Tawil gives George $10K cash in Israel
6/9/17 Papadopoulos flies to Cyprus w $10K
6/13/17 Weissmann starts series of “Cyprus MLAT” meetings with FBI.
6/13/17 Weissmann phone call w/ FBI Money Laundering and Asset Recovery “MLARS” section of FBI.
6/9/17 Papadopoulos flies to Cyprus w $10K
6/13/17 Weissmann starts series of “Cyprus MLAT” meetings with FBI.
6/13/17 Weissmann phone call w/ FBI Money Laundering and Asset Recovery “MLARS” section of FBI.
@GeorgePapa19 Sources:
(1) FOIA Weissman Schedule
justice.gov/oip/foia-libra…
(2) MLARS Link
state.gov/documents/orga…
(1) FOIA Weissman Schedule
justice.gov/oip/foia-libra…
(2) MLARS Link
state.gov/documents/orga…
@GeorgePapa19 Taken in combination with hindsight of the search for the cash, and the lack of a pre-existing warrant at the airport, this is clear evidence of a coordinated operation to entrap Papadopoulos.
@GeorgePapa19 However, because Papadopoulos suspected something, and left the money in Greece with his lawyers, upon arrival at the DC airport the sting operation collapsed in reverse.
@GeorgePapa19 No money means no treasury violation, no laundering and no evidence of the consultancy agreement (which would have been repurposed in the DOJ filing to mean lobbying for Israel via Mr. Tawil, who would have become a confidential informant and witness for a FARA violation).
@GeorgePapa19 That operational collapse is why the FBI agents were “scrambling” at the airport and why they had no pre-existing criminal complaint and no warrant. The entrapment’s success was contingent upon the cash.
@GeorgePapa19 I mean, how could the FBI/DOJ get a warrant?
How do you explain to a judge that you know a suspect is coming into Dulles with $10k?
Even a friendly judge is going to ask.... "how do you know"?
D'oh !!
How do you explain to a judge that you know a suspect is coming into Dulles with $10k?
Even a friendly judge is going to ask.... "how do you know"?
D'oh !!
@GeorgePapa19 Back to where this started... What does the Mueller report say about the July 2017 time-frame for special counsel FBI agents, special counsel FBI Lawyers, and their chain-of-legal guidance and operational command?
@GeorgePapa19 Bottom of page 13: "An FBI attorney worked on FBI related matters for the office"...
Hmmm... who would that FBI Lead Attorney be?
Hmmm... who would that FBI Lead Attorney be?
