“Trump has made clear his displeasure at the FBI’s decision to send Halper to use subterfuge to approach members of his campaign. ”A lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign. That would be one of the biggest insults that anyone’s ever seen” telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/0…
“If they had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace to this country,” the US president has said. that would be very illegal… It would make, probably, every political event ever look like small potatoes.”
“The FBI has never confirmed that Prof Halper was an informant. However details about the use of “source 2” recently published as part of that watchdog review into the probe make clear he is the person involved.”
“Prof Halper declined to comment when approached numerous times by this newspaper. He has not spoken in public since being named as an FBI informant by the press in 2018.”
“However a friend familiar with Halper’s involvement who asked not to be named defended his conduct.
The source said Prof Halper was not “penetrating” the campaign but acting like a “loyal American citizen” by helping the FBI with their counterintelligence investigation.”
The source said Prof Halper was not “penetrating” the campaign but acting like a “loyal American citizen” by helping the FBI with their counterintelligence investigation.”
“Clovis, then national co-chair of the Trump campaign, met Halper for coffee in September 2016 after being approached by the academic. Clovis alleges Halper was attempting to find dirt on the campaign that could be used to remove Trump if he won the election.”
“Asked if Prof Halper was acting in the public interest by helping the FBI probe, Mr Clovis said: “That’s bull. There was nothing in the public good about trying to overturn an election. That's nonsense."
“Sam Clovis, George Papadopoulos and Carter Page all told the Telegraph how they agreed to meet Stefan Halper, who taught political science, during the campaign thinking he was just an academic. “
