So now we know the Justice Dept/FBI Set Up Papadopoulos....
 

https://nypost.com/2018/05/19/cambri...rump-campaign/

So, the FBI and Justice planted an informant in the Trump campaign. That informant then planted the "hacked emails" story with Papadopoulos.

The revelation, stemming from recent reports in which FBI sources admitted sending an agent to snoop on the Trump camp, heightens suspicions that the FBI was seeking to entrap Trump campaign aides. Papodopoulous has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, while Page was the subject of a federal surveillance warrant.

Days later, Halper contacted Papadopoulos by e-mail. The professor offered the young and inexperienced campaign aide $3,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to London, ostensibly to write a paper about energy in the eastern Mediterranean region.

“George, you know about hacking the e-mails from Russia, right?” the professor pressed Papadopoulos when they met, according to reports — a reference to Trump’s campaign-trail riffs about Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server.

Wouldn't be surprised to learn that this plant's info was coupled with the Hillary purchased Steel "dossier" to obtain a FISA warrant on Carter Page.

And, of course, Obama and company were at the center of this abuse of power:

The Halper revelation also shows the Obama administration’s FBI began prying into the opposing party’s presidential nominee earlier than it previously admitted.

Halper’s sit-downs with Page reportedly started in early July 2016, undermining fired FBI Director James Comey’s previous claim that the bureau’s investigation into the Trump campaign began at the end of that month.

And they compensated Halper generously for his services:

It is not clear if the professor was paid to speak with Trump campaign figures, but public records show that he has received large payments from the federal government in the last two years.

The Department of Defense’s Office of Net Assessment — a shadowy think tank that reports directly to the secretary of defense — paid Halper $282,000 in 2016 and $129,000 in 2017.

...and it looks like the FBI/Justice turned to someone who may have had some experience spying on presidential campaigns:

When Bush became Ronald Reagan’s running mate, Halper was implicated in a spying scandal in which CIA officials gave inside information on the Carter administration to the GOP campaign.

You guys still want to defend this Russian conspiracy BS?

^^You need to get a life. Seems it is pretty dull if all you do is read conspiracy stories.

What we know is that the FBI's counter-intelligence investigation looked into a number of Russia-huggers on Trump's campaign staff (who lied repeatedly about their Russia connections). Not doing so would have been irresponsible and a dereliction of their duty to protect the country from ongoing Russian efforts to mess with the election.

I see, however, that you've bought into the latest Trump/Nunes attempt to undermine the investigation, just as you did with all the previous discredited attempts to do so.

Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election

Some real news for our village idiot. The entire Trump crime family belongs behind bars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/u...nce-zamel.html

Yep, Real Americans support Russian (and Qatari and Israeli) collaboration with the Trump campaign, money-laundering, influence-peddling and obstruction of justice. True patriots.:rolleyes:

I deleted it since I thought afterward Trump was successful in getting me to categorize Whell as the "other".

That jerk (Trump) isn't as dumb as I think he is. Although he is not self-aware of his many limitations and moronic beliefs.

THIS is conspiracy BS.

The placement of this individual inside the campaign preceded the special counsel investigation, and therefore would need to have been approved by Justice. You can't tell me that Justice / the FBI would have planted an operative inside the Trump campaign without White House foreknowledge and approval.

The operative was placed inside the campaign during the Summer of 2016, which means that the FBI would have had to contact and arrange his placement before that. Podesta "hack" didn't occur until March 2016 (and, of course, there has been no FBI forensics conducted on the DNC email system). The FBI claims its counter-intel investigation didn't even start until July 31, 2016.

So, your claim that this pointing this out is "undermining the investigation" is laughable. Lots of questions here about what this individual was doing, and why the FBI would have recruited him, before the FBI investigation even started.

Can't find evidence of Russian collusion, so now we have allegations of "assistance" from the Saudis? Hilarious. :rolleyes:

I guess real Americans drive around with "Resist" bumper stickers and throw as much meaningless shit against the wall hoping against hope that something sticks.