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

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Originally Posted by finnbow

You are the one who posted that the "FBI set up Papadopolous" by placing someone "inside the campaign." Neither are true (and you're the one playing semantics trying to cover for your bogus OP).

There's still much we don't know about what Stefan Halper did, and what motivated him to approach members of the Trump campaign. I don't buy the "informant" characterization, particularly given who Halper is.

The details of Halper’s work still are largely unknown. We know that the FBI carried out an investigation targeting Trump campaign officials with surveillance, document demands, and at least one informant. All of this was done through national security powers, where warrants are easily obtained and kept secret. We know this investigation began, at the latest, in July 2016 and that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act application was based in part on a dossier paid for by the Clinton campaign.

We also know that key Justice Department officials expressed hostile views of Trump in emails, and that key Justice Department officials have been subjects of demotions and one criminal referral. Does this mean the use of Halper was improper or that the investigation was conducted in bad faith? No. Yet, there is a legitimate reason for an investigation into, as Rosenstein instructed, whether “anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes,” adding “we need to know about it and take appropriate action.”

So, no, this has not been "debunked" or proven untrue. George P, among others, appears to have been targeted by Halper. Why? George P didn't plea to "collusion". He copped a plea to "lying to the FBI". So, why was he targeted?

It also it starting to look like whatever the FBI / Halper might have been after in targeting Papadopolous isn't going to be useful anyway. If so, Mueller and company destroyed the kid's life for nothing.

It's also possible that the filing is a sign that the investigation has progressed to the point that prosecutors have concluded Papadopoulos's testimony would not be useful in any future cases.

"It means they're pretty much done with him, or they don't need him testifying," said former federal prosecutor Sol Wisenberg. "It may mean they've taken a look at the others in the campaign and decided they cannot charge them, or they're going to charge them without him. ... It means things are moving along."


But, I'm sure it doesn't matter to you and your fellow Dems who gets destroyed in this process.