Another missed aspect of SpyGate is that FBI tasked Halper to target members of Trump campaign, and then Halper attempted to induce @carterwpage to collude w/ Russia by telling Trump advisor “that in past campaigns ‘we would have used [it] in a heartbeat,'" in reference to 1/
@carterwpage 2/ info Wikileaks/Russia might have. Of course, we know from Mueller that neither Page nor anyone with Trump campaign colluded, but Halper pushed them in that direction. To fully understand Halper's cachet, you need to know his history as a political operative & campaign guru.
@carterwpage 3/ An interesting article from @nytimes....I'll let you decide if FakeNews...but clearly Halper was viewed as "in the know" on how to run campaigns. nytimes.com/1983/07/07/us/…
@carterwpage @nytimes 4/ I hit this point re Halper in passing in today's piece. He also did a lot of spying on Trump campaign, asking questions about strategy & getting answers. @FDRLST thefederalist.com/2020/01/28/ig-…
@carterwpage @nytimes @FDRLST 5/Maybe Halper didn't pass it on to FBI, but did he pass it on to ANYONE else, say @HillaryClinton's friend Madeleine Albright or Never Trumper "Republican" strategist Vin Weber? thefederalist.com/2020/01/09/new… Those are questions I truly want answers to. And so should rest of America!
