The Special Counsel, Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller is subpoenaed by the US House of Representatives. He is required to answer questions put to him by members of Congress UNLESS it is under the 5th Amendment. The DOJ, Bill Barr, and Donald J. Trump cannot interfere.
According to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital :
...Sleep (click here) is an essential part of everyone’s routine and an indispensable part of a healthy lifestyle. Studies have shown that kids who regularly get an adequate amount of sleep have improved attention, behavior, learning, memory, and overall mental and physical health. Not getting enough sleep can lead to high blood pressure, obesity and even depression....
I can only imagine the fear of the children in being in a strange place and not being fed. They were probably terrified of dying.
This is from the American Psychological Association.
Hunger hurts children in multiple ways.
Low food security (click here) and hunger can contribute to toxic stress – the strong, unrelieved activation of the body’s stress
management system.
A lack of healthy food can lead to malnutrition,
v health problems caused by a nutritionally-deficient diet.
We all have a limited cognitive bandwidth. People tend to spend their limited mental reserves on resources that
they lack, and so hungry children focus on food, which can lead to neglect of other areas of life such as
schoolwork.
Food insecurity is frequently stigmatized through media messages and public discourse. Families often work to
keep their food insecurity hidden, and children may feel stigmatized when using free and reduced lunch programs
and other social services.
Hunger has negative outcomes for kids.
Studies show that food insufficiency is associated with higher prevalence of poor health conditions, including
stomachaches, headaches, and colds; and that severe hunger can predict chronic illness among both preschool and school-age children.
Hunger-related toxic stress can negatively affect brain development, learning, information processing, and
academic achievement in children.
Malnutrition in the first years of life is especially harmful, impacting physical growth, decreasing resistance to
disease, limiting the size and functioning of children’s brain structures, and stunting intellectual capacity.
Severe hunger is associated with anxiety and depression among children. Research shows that families’ lack of
sufficient food, irrespective of their income, is associated with depressive disorders and suicidality in adolescents.
Food insecure children may perform worse on academic achievement tests and learn less during the school year.
Children may feel ashamed and isolated by the stigma associated with their lack of food.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Continued from previous entry.
g. Additional George Papadopoulos Contact
The Office investigated another Russia-related contact with Papadopoulos. The Office was not fully able to explore the contact because the individual at issue-Sergei Millian...
Millian was in trouble because of the Steele Dossier, not anything the Special Counsel wanted. The Special Counsel never had contact with Millian. I think that is important because the "Gas-Lighting" Trump always claims the investigation is based on the Steele Dossier. That is a lie. Just because the Special Counsel wanted to meet with him and interview him, it didn't happen.
February 7, 2019
By Brett Samuels
A Russian businessman (click here) who was an unwitting source for the so-called Steele dossier developed a relationship with Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos in 2016, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
According to the newspaper, Sergei Millian spent months establishing a relationship with Papadopoulos and offered him a consulting contract to work for an unidentified Russian at the same time he was working for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Papadopoulos said he turned down the offer.
The Post noted that the extent of Millian's involvement in Trump's orbit remains unclear, but that his ties to Papadopoulos were not previously known.
Millian previously claimed in a 2016 interview that he met with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and signed a deal to sell Trump-branded real estate units in Florida. Cohen has denied those assertions, calling Millian a fraud with no legitimate connection to Trump, the Post reported....
...remained out of the country since the inception of our investigation and declined to meet with members of the Office despite our repeated efforts to obtain an interview. Papadopoulos first connected with Millian via Linkedln on July 15, 2016, shortly after Papadopoulos had attended the TAG Summit with Clovis.500 Millian, an American citizen who is a native of Belarus (click here), introduced himself "as president of [the] New York-based Russian American Chamber of Commerce,"...
Russian American Chamber of Commerce (click here)
The Chamber endeavors to strengthen the community and intercultural ties between Russian and American businesses through cooperation, international trade and commerce, investment, tourism, and sports, as well as educational, scientific, economic, and cultural activities
30 Wall Street, Suite 800, New York, NY, 10005
• Contact Sergio Millian
• Phone 212-844-9455
• Email milliangroup@gmail.com
• URL http://www.russianamericanchamber.com
...and claimed that through that position he had " insider knowledge and direct access to the top hierarchy in Russian politics."501 Papadopoulos asked Timofeev whether he had heard of Millian. 502 Although Timofeev said no, 503 Papadopoulos met Millian in New York City.504 The meetings took place on July 30 and August 1, 2016.505 Afterwards, Millian invited Papadopoulos to attend-and potentially speak at-two international energy conferences, including one that was to be held in Moscow in September 2016.506 Papadopoulos ultimately did not attend either conference.
On July 31, 2016, following his first in-person meeting with Millian, Papadopoulos emailed Trump Campaign official Bo Denysyk (click here)...
High technology,(click here) international market development, governmental relations, information technology, commercial aviation and trade policy and regulations are areas in which Dr. Denysyk has developed notable expertise. His breadth of experience, however, spans more than 45 years....
...to say that he had been contacted "by some leaders of Russian-American voters here in the US about their interest in voting for Mr. Trump," and to ask whether he should "put you in touch with their group (US-Russia chamber of commerce)."507 Denysyk thanked Papadopoulos "for taking the initiative," but asked him to "hold off with outreach to Russian-Americans" because "too many articles" had already portrayed the Campaign, then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and candidate Trump as "being pro-Russian."508
Footnote 500 7/15/16 Linkedln Message, Millian to Papadopoulos.
Footnote 501 7 /15/16 Linkedln Message, Millian to Papadopoulos.
Footnote 502 7/22/16 Facebook Message, Papadopoulos to Timofeev (7:40:23 p.m.); 7/26/16 Facebook Message, Papadopoulos to Timofeev (3:08:57 p.m.).
Footnote 503 7/23/16 Facebook Message, Timofeev to Papadopoulos (4:31:37 a.m.); 7/26/16 Facebook Message, Timofeev to Papadopoulos (3:37: 16 p.m.).
Footnote 504 7/16/16 Text Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (7:55:43 p.m.).
Footnote 505 7/30/16 Text Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (5:38 & 6:05 p.m.); 7/31/16 Text Messages, Millian & Papadopoulos (3:48 & 4:18 p.m.); 8/ 1/16 Text Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (8:19 p.m.).
Footnote 506 8/2/16 Text Messages, Millian & Papadopoulos (3 :04 & 3 :05 p.m.); 8/3/16 Facebook Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (4:07:37 a.m. & 1:11:58 p.m.).
Footnote 507 7/31/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Denysyk (12:29:59 p.m.).
Footnote 508 7 /31/16 Email, Denysyk to Papadopoulos (21 :54:52).
August 23, 2016, Millian sent a Facebook message to Papadopoulos promising that he would " share with you a disruptive technology that might be instrumental in your political work for the campaign."509 Papadopoulos claimed to have no recollection of this matter.510
On November 9, 2016, shortly after the election, Papadopoulos arranged to meet Millian in Chicago to discuss business opportunities, including potential work with Russian "billionaires who are not under sanctions." 511 The meeting took place on November 14, 2016, at the Trump Hotel and Tower in Chicago. 512 According to Papadopoulos, the two men discussed partnering on business deals, but Papadopoulos perceived that Millian's attitude toward him changed when Papadopoulos stated that he was only pursuing private-sector opportunities and was not interested in a job in the (Trump's) Administration. 513 The two remained in contact, however, and had extended online discussions about possible business opportunities in Russia. 514 The two also arranged to meet at a Washington, D.C. bar when both attended Trump's inauguration in late January 2017 515
I find that really curious. Why would Millian ever be invited to an inaugural anything if he was the source of the Steele Dossier? He was Russian and connected with Russia and USA Russian organizations. That is why the Trump campaign had an interest.
Footnote 509 8/23/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (2:55:36 a.m.).
Footnote 510 Papadopoulos 9/20/17 302, at 2.
Footnote 511 11/10/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (9:35:05 p.m.).
Footnote 512 11/14/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (1 :32: 11 a.m.).
Footnote 513 Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 19.
514 E.g., 11/29/16 Facebook Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (5:09 - 5:11 p.m.); 12/7/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (5:10:54 p.m.).
Footnote 515 1/20/17 Facebook Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (4:37-4:39 a.m.).
3. Carter Page
"Trump Advisor Visit To Moscow Got the FBI's Attention" (click here)
Carter Page worked for the Trump Campaign from January 2016 to September 2016. He was formally and publicly announced as a foreign policy advisor by the candidate in March 2016.516 Page had lived and worked in Russia, and he had been approached by Russian intelligence officers several years before he volunteered for the Trump Campaign. During his time with the Campaign, Page advocated pro-Russia foreign policy positions and traveled to Moscow in his personal capacity. Russian intelligence officials had formed relationships with Page in 2008 and 2013 and Russian officials may have focused on Page in 2016 because of his affiliation with the Campaign. However, the investigation did not establish that Page coordinated with the Russian government in its efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
Trump's foreign policy advisors had a dense history of having contact with Russia. How much does anyone have to know to understand Trump didn't care about the USA, he cared about Russia and monies he could get from a Moscow venture.
Footnote 516 Page was interviewed by the FBI during five meetings in March 2017, before the Special Counsel's appointment Grand Jury
a. Background
Before he began working for the Campaign in January 2016, Page had substantial prior experience studying Russian policy issues and living and working in Moscow. From 2004 to 2007, Page was the deputy branch manager of Merrill Lynch's Moscow office.517 There, he worked on transactions involving the Russian energy company Gazprom and came to know Gazprom's deputy chief financial officer, Sergey Yatsenko. 518...
Sergei Yatsenko (click here)
Page’s business partner
Page returned to the United States in 2008 and founded his own investment firm, Global Energy Capital. His partner there, according to Politico, was a former Gazprom executive, Sergei Yatsenko.
...In 2008, Page founded Global Energy Capital LLC (GEC), investment management and advisory firm focused on the energy sector in emerging markets. 519 Grand Jury 520 The company otherwise had no sources of income, and Page was forced to draw down his life savings to support himself and pursue his business venture.521 Page asked Yatsenko to work with him at GEC as a senior advisor on a contingency basis. Grand Jury 522
In 2008, Page met Alexander Bulatov, a Russian government official who worked at the Russian Consulate in New York. 523 Page later learned that Bulatov was a Russian intelligence officer, Grand Jury 524
Not coming up with much on Alexander Bulatov, but, if he is a spy that could be the reason. There is a Russian artist with the last name Bulotov (click here).
The article below is interesting to me. It was published during the time Putin was conducting his groundwork to influence the 2016 elections. I think announced around this time. The FBI was picking up on Russian activity during that time. They never missed anything, perhaps their insight to Putin involvement and the impact to the elections weren't realized. But, they were on to Russian activity.
In 2013, Victor Podobnyy,...
27 January 2015
By Will Stewart
Igor Sporyshev, 40, is one of two 'espionage ring' members who left America under diplomatic cover.
He was a handler of Evgeny Buryakov, 39, who is now detained in New York on suspicion of being part of an intelligence gathering that sought to recruit spies - including female college students - in the US, according to federal prosecutors.
Meanwhile it has been revealed the third alleged spy, Victor Podobnyy, who has also left America, was recorded complaining his role was a far cry from the James Bond lifestyle he had imagined....
...another Russian intelligence officer working covertly in the United States under diplomatic cover, formed a relationship with Page.525 Podobnyy met Page at an energy symposium in New York City and began exchanging emails with him.526 Podobnyy and Page also met in person on multiple occasions, during which Page offered his outlook on the future of the energy industry and provided documents to Podobnyy about the energy business. 527 In a recorded conversation on April 8, 2013, Podobnyy told another intelligence officer that Page was interested in business opportunities in Russia. 528 In Podobnyy's words, Page "got hooked on Gazprom thinking that if they have a project, he could ... rise up. Maybe he can .... [I]t' s obvious that he wants to earn lots of money."529 Podobnyy said that he had led Page on by "feed[ing] him empty promises" that Podobnyy would use his Russian business connections to help Page.530 Podobnyy told the other intelligence officer that his method of recruiting foreign sources was to promise them favors and then discard them once he obtained relevant information from them. 531
There it is. It is unfortunate, but, Russians friendly to The West are always available to provide information to Putin and/or carry out nightmarish deeds. Never, ever get involved with Russians and money. The entire basis for TRUST does not exist with Russia. Every Russian is susceptible to being an agent for Russia. DO NOT DO IT.
Footnote 517 Testimony of Carter Page, Hearing Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 115th Cong. 40 (Nov. 2, 2017) (exhibit).
Footnote 518 Page 3/30/17 302, at 10.
Footnote 519 Grand Jury
Footnote 520 Grand Jury
Footnote 521 Grand Jury
Footnote 522 Page 3/30/2017 302, at 10; Grand Jury
Footnote 523 Grand Jury
Footnote 524 Grand Jury
Footnote 525 Grand Jury Complaint ,r,r 22, 24, 32, United States v. Buryakov, 1: 15-mj-215 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 20I5), Doc. 1 ("Buryakov Complaint"). (click here)
Footnote 526 Buryakov Complaint ,r 34.
Footnote 527 Buryakov Complaint ,r 34.
Footnote 528 Buryakov Complaint ,r 32.
Footnote 529 Buryakov Complaint.
Footnote 530 Buryakov Complaint.
Footnote 531 Buryakov Complaint.
In 2015, Podobnyy and two other Russian intelligence officers were charged with conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.532 The criminal complaint detailed Podobnyy's interactions with and conversations about Page, who was identified only as "Male-1." 533 Based on the criminal complaint's description of the interactions, Page was aware that he was the individual described as "Male-l." 534 Page later spoke with a Russian government official at the United Nations General Assembly and identified himself so that the official would understand he was "Male-I" from the Podobnyy complaint. 535 Page told the official that he "didn't do anything" Grand Jury
Page is absolute proof that the deeper a person was involved with Russia, the more Trump wanted to them as staff for his campaign. Page is one, Manafort is another. You can't get more involved with Russia except to become a citizen.
On one hand, I want to say the Trump Campaign never bothered to vet anyone involved with their campaign, but, the idea that people are deeply involved with Russia, only tells me they did. They were impressed with the exact people that became involved with the campaign. The deeper they were involved with Russia, the better the campaign liked them. Papadopolous was involved as well through a professor in the UK. He was headed exactly down the path Page had already traveled.
In interviews with the FBI before the Office's opening, Page acknowledged that he understood that the individuals he had associated with were members of the Russian intelligence services, but he stated that he had only provided immaterial non-public information to them and that he did not view this relationship as a backchannel.537 Page told investigating agents that "the more immaterial non-public information I give them, the better for this country." 538
Every Russian is a backchannel. Wow. How much money does it take to convince an American to live in denial of what they assuredly know?
532 See Buryakov Complaint; see also Indictment United States v. Buryakov, 1: 15-cr-73 (S.D.N. Y. Feb. 9, 2015), Doc. 10;
533 Buryakov Complaint, 32-34 Grand Jury
534 Grand Jury
535 Page 3/30/17 302, at 4; Grand Jury
536 Page 3/30/17 302, at 4; Grand Jury
537 Page 3/30/17 302, at 6; Page 3/31/17 302, at 1.
538 Page 3/31/17 302, at 1
b. Origins of and Early Campaign Work
In January 2016, Page began volunteering on an informal, unpaid basis for the Trump Campaign after Ed Cox,...
Wedding Of Andrea Catsimatidis And Christopher Nixon Cox
In This Photo from left to right:
John Catsimatidis, Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward F. Cox, Christopher Nixon Cox,
Ed Cox is a lawyer (click here) with a distinguished record of service to his Party and in the domestic and international policy arenas. He has served three U.S. Presidents, four Governors and the Republican Party at the state and national levels. He was sworn in as Chairman of the Republican Party of New York State on September 29, 2009....
May 20, 2019
By Yancey Roy
Albany - Ed Cox (click here) stepped down Monday as head of the Republican Party in New York, just months after heavy losses statewide in congressional and legislative races led to calls for a leadership change.
Allies say Nick Langworthy, the longtime Erie County Republican chairman who had publicly challenged Cox for the leadership, sewed up a majority of the party’s state committee Monday morning.
President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign announced Cox's appointment to the campaign finance team hours after Langworthy allies claimed victory.
Cox, a son-in-law of the late President Richard M. Nixon, had led the New York GOP since 2009....
...a state Republican Party official, introduced Page to Trump Campaign official told the Office that his goal in working on the Campaign was to help candidate Trump improve relations with Russia.540 To that end, Page emailed Campaign officials offering his thoughts on U.S.-Russia relations, prepared talking points and briefing memos on Russia, and proposed that candidate Trump meet with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.541
In communications with Campaign officials, Page also repeatedly touted his high-level contacts in Russia and his ability to forge connections between candidate Trump and senior Russian governmental officials. For example, on January 30, 2016, Page sent an email to senior Campaign officials stating that he had "spent the past week in Europe and ha[ d] been in discussions with some individuals with close ties to the Kremlin" who recognized that Trump could have a "game-changing effect ... in bringing the end of the new Cold War."542 The email stated that " [t]hrough [his] discussions with these high level contacts," Page believed that "a direct meeting in Moscow between Mr[.] Trump and Putin could be arranged."543 Pa e closed the email b criticizin U.S. sanctions on Russia.544
Grand Jury 545
That is amazing. The Trump campaign and now the administration is taking this ideological stance on national defense that leaves open danger to the country. There is no reason to believe such an ideology will be important to Russia. There is no sincere initiatives to a peace plan with Russia and in fact, how could there be when they are parking nuclear capable jets in Venezuela?
The idea a nuclear capacity in Venezuela is even tolerated is counter to USA national security. To even think Venezuela would conceive a nuclear capacity in the Western Hemisphere that would damage almost every country in this hemisphere if one was detonated. The entire paradigm that Putin is creating in the Western hemisphere is inhumane and stupid.
Shared mutual destruction takes on a very interesting connotation in Venezuela. The idea Russia is AGAIN trying to propagate nuclear war as it did under President Kennedy only goes to prove that it has no conscience about other people, even other people than the USA.
Venezuela is a puppet to Putin's maniacal plans that would cause enormous deaths of people in many countries and not simply the USA. Any near-shore wars in the Carribean and/or Gulf of Mexico is unthinkable. The future of all those countries would be impossible with nuclear contaminated water.
That is how deranged Putin's thinking is about Russian domination of the world. At any cost, Putin wants war and not peace.
Nuclear non-proliferation is the ONLY answer for the world.
On March 21 , 2016, candidate Trump formally and publicly identified Page as a member of his foreign policy team to advise on Russia and the energy sector.546 Over the next several months, Page continued providing policy-related work product to Campaign officials. For example, in April 2016, Page provided feedback on an outline for a foreign policy speech that the candidate gave at the Mayflower Hotel,547 see Volume I, Section IV.A.4, infra. In May 2016, Page prepared an outline of an energy policy speech for the Campaign and then traveled to Bismarck, North Dakota, to watch the candidate deliver the speech.548 Chief policy advisor Sam Clovis expressed appreciation for Page's work and praised his work to other Campaign officials.549
Footnote 539 Page 3/16/17 302, at 1; Grand Jury
Footnote 540 Page 3/10/17 302, at 2.
Footnote 541 See, e.g., 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et al.; 3/17/16 Email, Page to Clovis (attaching a following Washington's meddling" in Ukraine); "President's Daily Brief' prepared by Page that discussed the "severe degradation ofU.S.-Russia relations Grand Jury I didn't find a copy of that PDB. It is probably classified.
Footnote 542 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et. al.
Footnote 543 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et. al.
Footnote 544 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et. al.
Footnote 545 Grand Jury
Footnote 546 A Transcript of Donald Trump's Meeting with the Washington Post Editorial Board, Washington Post (Mar. 21, 2016);
Footnote 547 Grand Jury
Footnote 548 Grand Jury
Footnote 549 See, e.g., 3/28/16 Email, Clovis to Lewandowski et al. (forwarding notes prepared by Page and stating, "I wanted to let you know the type of work some of our advisors are capable of.").
I will start here tomorrow:
c. Carter Page's July 2016 Trip To Moscow
continued in a following entry.
The Office investigated another Russia-related contact with Papadopoulos. The Office was not fully able to explore the contact because the individual at issue-Sergei Millian...
Millian was in trouble because of the Steele Dossier, not anything the Special Counsel wanted. The Special Counsel never had contact with Millian. I think that is important because the "Gas-Lighting" Trump always claims the investigation is based on the Steele Dossier. That is a lie. Just because the Special Counsel wanted to meet with him and interview him, it didn't happen.
February 7, 2019
By Brett Samuels
A Russian businessman (click here) who was an unwitting source for the so-called Steele dossier developed a relationship with Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos in 2016, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
According to the newspaper, Sergei Millian spent months establishing a relationship with Papadopoulos and offered him a consulting contract to work for an unidentified Russian at the same time he was working for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Papadopoulos said he turned down the offer.
The Post noted that the extent of Millian's involvement in Trump's orbit remains unclear, but that his ties to Papadopoulos were not previously known.
Millian previously claimed in a 2016 interview that he met with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and signed a deal to sell Trump-branded real estate units in Florida. Cohen has denied those assertions, calling Millian a fraud with no legitimate connection to Trump, the Post reported....
...remained out of the country since the inception of our investigation and declined to meet with members of the Office despite our repeated efforts to obtain an interview. Papadopoulos first connected with Millian via Linkedln on July 15, 2016, shortly after Papadopoulos had attended the TAG Summit with Clovis.500 Millian, an American citizen who is a native of Belarus (click here), introduced himself "as president of [the] New York-based Russian American Chamber of Commerce,"...
Russian American Chamber of Commerce (click here)
The Chamber endeavors to strengthen the community and intercultural ties between Russian and American businesses through cooperation, international trade and commerce, investment, tourism, and sports, as well as educational, scientific, economic, and cultural activities
30 Wall Street, Suite 800, New York, NY, 10005
• Contact Sergio Millian
• Phone 212-844-9455
• Email milliangroup@gmail.com
• URL http://www.russianamericanchamber.com
...and claimed that through that position he had " insider knowledge and direct access to the top hierarchy in Russian politics."501 Papadopoulos asked Timofeev whether he had heard of Millian. 502 Although Timofeev said no, 503 Papadopoulos met Millian in New York City.504 The meetings took place on July 30 and August 1, 2016.505 Afterwards, Millian invited Papadopoulos to attend-and potentially speak at-two international energy conferences, including one that was to be held in Moscow in September 2016.506 Papadopoulos ultimately did not attend either conference.
On July 31, 2016, following his first in-person meeting with Millian, Papadopoulos emailed Trump Campaign official Bo Denysyk (click here)...
High technology,(click here) international market development, governmental relations, information technology, commercial aviation and trade policy and regulations are areas in which Dr. Denysyk has developed notable expertise. His breadth of experience, however, spans more than 45 years....
...to say that he had been contacted "by some leaders of Russian-American voters here in the US about their interest in voting for Mr. Trump," and to ask whether he should "put you in touch with their group (US-Russia chamber of commerce)."507 Denysyk thanked Papadopoulos "for taking the initiative," but asked him to "hold off with outreach to Russian-Americans" because "too many articles" had already portrayed the Campaign, then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and candidate Trump as "being pro-Russian."508
Footnote 500 7/15/16 Linkedln Message, Millian to Papadopoulos.
Footnote 501 7 /15/16 Linkedln Message, Millian to Papadopoulos.
Footnote 502 7/22/16 Facebook Message, Papadopoulos to Timofeev (7:40:23 p.m.); 7/26/16 Facebook Message, Papadopoulos to Timofeev (3:08:57 p.m.).
Footnote 503 7/23/16 Facebook Message, Timofeev to Papadopoulos (4:31:37 a.m.); 7/26/16 Facebook Message, Timofeev to Papadopoulos (3:37: 16 p.m.).
Footnote 504 7/16/16 Text Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (7:55:43 p.m.).
Footnote 505 7/30/16 Text Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (5:38 & 6:05 p.m.); 7/31/16 Text Messages, Millian & Papadopoulos (3:48 & 4:18 p.m.); 8/ 1/16 Text Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (8:19 p.m.).
Footnote 506 8/2/16 Text Messages, Millian & Papadopoulos (3 :04 & 3 :05 p.m.); 8/3/16 Facebook Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (4:07:37 a.m. & 1:11:58 p.m.).
Footnote 507 7/31/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Denysyk (12:29:59 p.m.).
Footnote 508 7 /31/16 Email, Denysyk to Papadopoulos (21 :54:52).
August 23, 2016, Millian sent a Facebook message to Papadopoulos promising that he would " share with you a disruptive technology that might be instrumental in your political work for the campaign."509 Papadopoulos claimed to have no recollection of this matter.510
On November 9, 2016, shortly after the election, Papadopoulos arranged to meet Millian in Chicago to discuss business opportunities, including potential work with Russian "billionaires who are not under sanctions." 511 The meeting took place on November 14, 2016, at the Trump Hotel and Tower in Chicago. 512 According to Papadopoulos, the two men discussed partnering on business deals, but Papadopoulos perceived that Millian's attitude toward him changed when Papadopoulos stated that he was only pursuing private-sector opportunities and was not interested in a job in the (Trump's) Administration. 513 The two remained in contact, however, and had extended online discussions about possible business opportunities in Russia. 514 The two also arranged to meet at a Washington, D.C. bar when both attended Trump's inauguration in late January 2017 515
I find that really curious. Why would Millian ever be invited to an inaugural anything if he was the source of the Steele Dossier? He was Russian and connected with Russia and USA Russian organizations. That is why the Trump campaign had an interest.
Footnote 509 8/23/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (2:55:36 a.m.).
Footnote 510 Papadopoulos 9/20/17 302, at 2.
Footnote 511 11/10/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (9:35:05 p.m.).
Footnote 512 11/14/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (1 :32: 11 a.m.).
Footnote 513 Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 19.
514 E.g., 11/29/16 Facebook Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (5:09 - 5:11 p.m.); 12/7/16 Facebook Message, Millian to Papadopoulos (5:10:54 p.m.).
Footnote 515 1/20/17 Facebook Messages, Papadopoulos & Millian (4:37-4:39 a.m.).
"Trump Advisor Visit To Moscow Got the FBI's Attention" (click here)
Carter Page worked for the Trump Campaign from January 2016 to September 2016. He was formally and publicly announced as a foreign policy advisor by the candidate in March 2016.516 Page had lived and worked in Russia, and he had been approached by Russian intelligence officers several years before he volunteered for the Trump Campaign. During his time with the Campaign, Page advocated pro-Russia foreign policy positions and traveled to Moscow in his personal capacity. Russian intelligence officials had formed relationships with Page in 2008 and 2013 and Russian officials may have focused on Page in 2016 because of his affiliation with the Campaign. However, the investigation did not establish that Page coordinated with the Russian government in its efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
Trump's foreign policy advisors had a dense history of having contact with Russia. How much does anyone have to know to understand Trump didn't care about the USA, he cared about Russia and monies he could get from a Moscow venture.
Footnote 516 Page was interviewed by the FBI during five meetings in March 2017, before the Special Counsel's appointment Grand Jury
a. Background
Before he began working for the Campaign in January 2016, Page had substantial prior experience studying Russian policy issues and living and working in Moscow. From 2004 to 2007, Page was the deputy branch manager of Merrill Lynch's Moscow office.517 There, he worked on transactions involving the Russian energy company Gazprom and came to know Gazprom's deputy chief financial officer, Sergey Yatsenko. 518...
Page’s business partner
Page returned to the United States in 2008 and founded his own investment firm, Global Energy Capital. His partner there, according to Politico, was a former Gazprom executive, Sergei Yatsenko.
...In 2008, Page founded Global Energy Capital LLC (GEC), investment management and advisory firm focused on the energy sector in emerging markets. 519 Grand Jury 520 The company otherwise had no sources of income, and Page was forced to draw down his life savings to support himself and pursue his business venture.521 Page asked Yatsenko to work with him at GEC as a senior advisor on a contingency basis. Grand Jury 522
In 2008, Page met Alexander Bulatov, a Russian government official who worked at the Russian Consulate in New York. 523 Page later learned that Bulatov was a Russian intelligence officer, Grand Jury 524
Not coming up with much on Alexander Bulatov, but, if he is a spy that could be the reason. There is a Russian artist with the last name Bulotov (click here).
The article below is interesting to me. It was published during the time Putin was conducting his groundwork to influence the 2016 elections. I think announced around this time. The FBI was picking up on Russian activity during that time. They never missed anything, perhaps their insight to Putin involvement and the impact to the elections weren't realized. But, they were on to Russian activity.
In 2013, Victor Podobnyy,...
27 January 2015
By Will Stewart
- Igor Sporyshev is the son of a high ranking Russian intelligence officer
- Sporyshev is accused of being part of an 'espionage ring' in America
- Officially, the 40-year-old was registered as a Russian trade representative
- FBI recorded Sporyshev allegedly explaining why recruiting women is hard
- Alleged spy Victor Podobnyy, 27, complained his role was not like Bond's
- Charged on Monday, but had left the country under diplomatic cover
- Speculation third 'spy' Evgeny Buryakov planning a Wall Street meltdown
- Russia claims the U.S. has provided no evidence to back up the charges
Igor Sporyshev, 40, is one of two 'espionage ring' members who left America under diplomatic cover.
He was a handler of Evgeny Buryakov, 39, who is now detained in New York on suspicion of being part of an intelligence gathering that sought to recruit spies - including female college students - in the US, according to federal prosecutors.
Meanwhile it has been revealed the third alleged spy, Victor Podobnyy, who has also left America, was recorded complaining his role was a far cry from the James Bond lifestyle he had imagined....
...another Russian intelligence officer working covertly in the United States under diplomatic cover, formed a relationship with Page.525 Podobnyy met Page at an energy symposium in New York City and began exchanging emails with him.526 Podobnyy and Page also met in person on multiple occasions, during which Page offered his outlook on the future of the energy industry and provided documents to Podobnyy about the energy business. 527 In a recorded conversation on April 8, 2013, Podobnyy told another intelligence officer that Page was interested in business opportunities in Russia. 528 In Podobnyy's words, Page "got hooked on Gazprom thinking that if they have a project, he could ... rise up. Maybe he can .... [I]t' s obvious that he wants to earn lots of money."529 Podobnyy said that he had led Page on by "feed[ing] him empty promises" that Podobnyy would use his Russian business connections to help Page.530 Podobnyy told the other intelligence officer that his method of recruiting foreign sources was to promise them favors and then discard them once he obtained relevant information from them. 531
There it is. It is unfortunate, but, Russians friendly to The West are always available to provide information to Putin and/or carry out nightmarish deeds. Never, ever get involved with Russians and money. The entire basis for TRUST does not exist with Russia. Every Russian is susceptible to being an agent for Russia. DO NOT DO IT.
Footnote 517 Testimony of Carter Page, Hearing Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 115th Cong. 40 (Nov. 2, 2017) (exhibit).
Footnote 518 Page 3/30/17 302, at 10.
Footnote 519 Grand Jury
Footnote 520 Grand Jury
Footnote 521 Grand Jury
Footnote 522 Page 3/30/2017 302, at 10; Grand Jury
Footnote 523 Grand Jury
Footnote 524 Grand Jury
Footnote 525 Grand Jury Complaint ,r,r 22, 24, 32, United States v. Buryakov, 1: 15-mj-215 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 20I5), Doc. 1 ("Buryakov Complaint"). (click here)
Footnote 526 Buryakov Complaint ,r 34.
Footnote 527 Buryakov Complaint ,r 34.
Footnote 528 Buryakov Complaint ,r 32.
Footnote 529 Buryakov Complaint.
Footnote 530 Buryakov Complaint.
Footnote 531 Buryakov Complaint.
In 2015, Podobnyy and two other Russian intelligence officers were charged with conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.532 The criminal complaint detailed Podobnyy's interactions with and conversations about Page, who was identified only as "Male-1." 533 Based on the criminal complaint's description of the interactions, Page was aware that he was the individual described as "Male-l." 534 Page later spoke with a Russian government official at the United Nations General Assembly and identified himself so that the official would understand he was "Male-I" from the Podobnyy complaint. 535 Page told the official that he "didn't do anything" Grand Jury
Page is absolute proof that the deeper a person was involved with Russia, the more Trump wanted to them as staff for his campaign. Page is one, Manafort is another. You can't get more involved with Russia except to become a citizen.
On one hand, I want to say the Trump Campaign never bothered to vet anyone involved with their campaign, but, the idea that people are deeply involved with Russia, only tells me they did. They were impressed with the exact people that became involved with the campaign. The deeper they were involved with Russia, the better the campaign liked them. Papadopolous was involved as well through a professor in the UK. He was headed exactly down the path Page had already traveled.
In interviews with the FBI before the Office's opening, Page acknowledged that he understood that the individuals he had associated with were members of the Russian intelligence services, but he stated that he had only provided immaterial non-public information to them and that he did not view this relationship as a backchannel.537 Page told investigating agents that "the more immaterial non-public information I give them, the better for this country." 538
Every Russian is a backchannel. Wow. How much money does it take to convince an American to live in denial of what they assuredly know?
532 See Buryakov Complaint; see also Indictment United States v. Buryakov, 1: 15-cr-73 (S.D.N. Y. Feb. 9, 2015), Doc. 10;
533 Buryakov Complaint, 32-34 Grand Jury
534 Grand Jury
535 Page 3/30/17 302, at 4; Grand Jury
536 Page 3/30/17 302, at 4; Grand Jury
537 Page 3/30/17 302, at 6; Page 3/31/17 302, at 1.
538 Page 3/31/17 302, at 1
b. Origins of and Early Campaign Work
In January 2016, Page began volunteering on an informal, unpaid basis for the Trump Campaign after Ed Cox,...
In This Photo from left to right:
John Catsimatidis, Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward F. Cox, Christopher Nixon Cox,
Ed Cox is a lawyer (click here) with a distinguished record of service to his Party and in the domestic and international policy arenas. He has served three U.S. Presidents, four Governors and the Republican Party at the state and national levels. He was sworn in as Chairman of the Republican Party of New York State on September 29, 2009....
May 20, 2019
By Yancey Roy
Albany - Ed Cox (click here) stepped down Monday as head of the Republican Party in New York, just months after heavy losses statewide in congressional and legislative races led to calls for a leadership change.
Allies say Nick Langworthy, the longtime Erie County Republican chairman who had publicly challenged Cox for the leadership, sewed up a majority of the party’s state committee Monday morning.
President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign announced Cox's appointment to the campaign finance team hours after Langworthy allies claimed victory.
Cox, a son-in-law of the late President Richard M. Nixon, had led the New York GOP since 2009....
...a state Republican Party official, introduced Page to Trump Campaign official told the Office that his goal in working on the Campaign was to help candidate Trump improve relations with Russia.540 To that end, Page emailed Campaign officials offering his thoughts on U.S.-Russia relations, prepared talking points and briefing memos on Russia, and proposed that candidate Trump meet with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.541
In communications with Campaign officials, Page also repeatedly touted his high-level contacts in Russia and his ability to forge connections between candidate Trump and senior Russian governmental officials. For example, on January 30, 2016, Page sent an email to senior Campaign officials stating that he had "spent the past week in Europe and ha[ d] been in discussions with some individuals with close ties to the Kremlin" who recognized that Trump could have a "game-changing effect ... in bringing the end of the new Cold War."542 The email stated that " [t]hrough [his] discussions with these high level contacts," Page believed that "a direct meeting in Moscow between Mr[.] Trump and Putin could be arranged."543 Pa e closed the email b criticizin U.S. sanctions on Russia.544
Grand Jury 545
That is amazing. The Trump campaign and now the administration is taking this ideological stance on national defense that leaves open danger to the country. There is no reason to believe such an ideology will be important to Russia. There is no sincere initiatives to a peace plan with Russia and in fact, how could there be when they are parking nuclear capable jets in Venezuela?
The idea a nuclear capacity in Venezuela is even tolerated is counter to USA national security. To even think Venezuela would conceive a nuclear capacity in the Western Hemisphere that would damage almost every country in this hemisphere if one was detonated. The entire paradigm that Putin is creating in the Western hemisphere is inhumane and stupid.
Shared mutual destruction takes on a very interesting connotation in Venezuela. The idea Russia is AGAIN trying to propagate nuclear war as it did under President Kennedy only goes to prove that it has no conscience about other people, even other people than the USA.
Venezuela is a puppet to Putin's maniacal plans that would cause enormous deaths of people in many countries and not simply the USA. Any near-shore wars in the Carribean and/or Gulf of Mexico is unthinkable. The future of all those countries would be impossible with nuclear contaminated water.
That is how deranged Putin's thinking is about Russian domination of the world. At any cost, Putin wants war and not peace.
Nuclear non-proliferation is the ONLY answer for the world.
On March 21 , 2016, candidate Trump formally and publicly identified Page as a member of his foreign policy team to advise on Russia and the energy sector.546 Over the next several months, Page continued providing policy-related work product to Campaign officials. For example, in April 2016, Page provided feedback on an outline for a foreign policy speech that the candidate gave at the Mayflower Hotel,547 see Volume I, Section IV.A.4, infra. In May 2016, Page prepared an outline of an energy policy speech for the Campaign and then traveled to Bismarck, North Dakota, to watch the candidate deliver the speech.548 Chief policy advisor Sam Clovis expressed appreciation for Page's work and praised his work to other Campaign officials.549
Footnote 539 Page 3/16/17 302, at 1; Grand Jury
Footnote 540 Page 3/10/17 302, at 2.
Footnote 541 See, e.g., 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et al.; 3/17/16 Email, Page to Clovis (attaching a following Washington's meddling" in Ukraine); "President's Daily Brief' prepared by Page that discussed the "severe degradation ofU.S.-Russia relations Grand Jury I didn't find a copy of that PDB. It is probably classified.
Footnote 542 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et. al.
Footnote 543 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et. al.
Footnote 544 1/30/16 Email, Page to Glassner et. al.
Footnote 545 Grand Jury
Footnote 546 A Transcript of Donald Trump's Meeting with the Washington Post Editorial Board, Washington Post (Mar. 21, 2016);
Footnote 547 Grand Jury
Footnote 548 Grand Jury
Footnote 549 See, e.g., 3/28/16 Email, Clovis to Lewandowski et al. (forwarding notes prepared by Page and stating, "I wanted to let you know the type of work some of our advisors are capable of.").
I will start here tomorrow:
c. Carter Page's July 2016 Trip To Moscow
continued in a following entry.
Continued from a previous entry.
Page 91 of the Special Counsel Report and page 99 on the PDF (click here)
Although Clovis claimed to have no recollection of attending the TAG summit,483 Papadopoulos remembered discussing Russia and a foreign policy trip with Clovis and Phares during the event.484 Papadopoulos's recollection is consistent with emails sent before and after the TAG summit. The pre-summit messages included a July 11, 2016 email in which Phares suggested meeting Papadopoulos the day after the summit to chat,485 and a July 12 message in the same chain in which Phares advised Papadopoulos that other summit attendees "are very nervous about Russia. So be aware."486 Ten days after the summit, Papadopoulos sent an email to Mifsud listing Phares and Clovis as other "participants" in a potential meeting at the London Academy of Diplomacy.487
Finally, Papadopoulos's recollection is also consistent with handwritten notes from a journal that he kept at the time.488 Those notes, which are reprinted in part below, appear to refer to potential September 2016 meetings in London with representatives of the "office of Putin," and suggest that Phares, Clovis, and Papadopoulos ("Walid/Sam me") would attend without the official backing of the Campaign ("no official letter/no message from Trump").489
No official anything to connect meetings with Russians to the campaign, but, the campaign members were looking forward to those exact meetings. That is a conspiracy.
Footnote 483 Grand Jury
Footnote 484 Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 16-17.
Footnote 485 7 /11/16 Email, Phares to Papadopoulos.
Footnote 486 7/12/16 Email, Phares to Papadopoulos (14:52:29).
Footnote 487 7/27/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Mifsud (14:14:18).
Footnote 488 Papadopoulos 9/20/17 302, at 3.
Footnote 489 Papadopoulos declined to assist in deciphering his notes, telling investigators that he could not read his own handwriting from the journal. Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 21. The notes, however, appear to read as listed in the column to the left of the image above.
Later communications indicate that Clovis determined that he (Clovis) could not travel. On August 15, 2016, Papadopoulos emailed Clovis that he had received requests from multiple foreign governments, "even Russia[]," for "closed door workshops/consultations abroad," and asked whether there was still interest for Clovis, Phares, and Papadopoulos "to go on that trip."490 Clovis copied Phares on his response, which said that he could not "travel before the election" but that he "would encourage [Papadopoulos] and Walid to make the trips, if it is feasible."491
Footnote 490 8/15/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Clovis (11 :59:07 a.m.).
Footnote 491 8/15/16 Email, Clovis to Papadopoulos (12:01 :45 p.m.)
The issue is never that we don't meet with Russia, it is just that it is not a good idea this close to the election.
Papadopoulos was dismissed from the Trump Campaign in early October 2016, after an interview he gave to the Russian news agency Interfax generated adverse publicity.492
"Interfax" is considered a privately owned news agency.
Interfax Group (click here) is a leading provider of critical information on Russia, China and emerging markets of Eurasia, serving the diverse needs of investors, corporations, financial professionals and the media. Interfax provides about 100 specialized information services, supplying weekly and daily intelligence reports with industry analysis, business information, real-time news, market data and ratings and credit reports. The leader in the CIS, the Interfax Group has a global operational network, with over 1000 staff daily turning out over 3000 stories from over 70 bureaus worldwide.
The campaign dismissed Papadopoulos because he was "too hot" with controversy, not that he wasn't doing his job.
September 30, 2016
George Papadopoulos: Sanctions have done little more than to turn Russia towards China (click here)
George Papadopoulos has been one of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s foreign political advisors since March 2016. Prior to this, he was an advisor to Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and Republican Party member who dropped out of the presidential race. Papadopoulos previously worked for various research institutes dealing with global politics. His sphere of interest is global energy. Papadopoulos has given an interview to Interfax‘s correspondent Ksenia Baygarova in which he discusses his views on U.S.-Russia relations, the Syrian crisis, NATO expansion and the dependence of the EU on Russian energy. Papadopoulos noted that his opinion does not necessarily coincide with that of Trump.
Question: Many people in Russia think that if Donald Trump becomes U.S. president, the U.S.-Russia relations would significantly improve. Do you think these expectations are realistic?
Answer: Mr. Trump has been open about his willingness to usher in a new chapter in U.S.-Russia ties. However, this depends on Russia acting as a responsible stake holder in the international system. U.S.-Russian relations have reached a nadir under the Obama administration and the Clinton led state department when she was in office. Based on the low level of trust between both countries currently, and a military conflict seemingly on the horizon over the Baltics, Ukraine and even in Syria, it is in the interest of the U.S, NATO and Russia to deescalate hostilities immediately and work together towards combating common threats. This threat is principally Islamism and its violent expression, jihadism that has reverberated throughout North Africa and the Middle East post ‘Arab Spring‘.....
f. Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt"
Papadopoulos admitted telling at least one individual outside of the Campaign specifically, the then-Greek foreign minister-about Russia's obtaining Clinton-related emails.
September 12, 2019 (click here)
Washington, DC – George Papadopoulos, who had served as a foreign policy advisor for Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, had also told Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (at the end of May 2016) that a mysterious Russian professor had revealed that the Russians had Hillary Clinton’s emails in their possession.
This claim was made by Papadopoulos during an interview on September 9 with Greek American journalist, George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, as well as on a CNN broadcast on September 7. As it turns out, this disclosure had been made by his lawyers and in the memorandum they filed a week before in court.
Papadopoulos, however, claims he does not remember informing anyone in Donald Trump’s campaign about the information provided by Professor Joseph Mifsud.
He doesn't remember just like he can't read his own handwriting.
On This Week, Papadopoulos did not mention Kotzias by name, but referred to him as the “Greek Foreign Minister,” admitting he told him about Hillary Clinton’s emails allegedly held by the Russians and though he met with Australian diplomat Alexander Downer in London he could not recollect sharing the information about the emails with Downer. The Australian diplomat’s name is not included in the memorandum filed by Papadopoulos’ lawyers....
493 In addition, a different foreign government informed the FBI (Probably the Brits. It had to be an ally that was monitoring activity between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.) that, 10 days after meeting with Mifsud in late April 2016, Papadopoulos suggested that the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton.494 (This conversation occurred after the GRU spearphished Clinton Campaign chairman John Podesta and stole his emails, and the GRU hacked into the DCCC and DNC, see Volume l, Sections III.A & III.B, supra.) Such disclosures raised questions about whether Papadopoulos informed any Trump Campaign official about the emails.
When interviewed, Papadopoulos and the Campaign officials who interacted with him told the Office that they could not recall (So, no one said no, they just could not recall while another government reported their activities.) Papadopoulos's sharing the information that Russia had obtained "dirt" on candidate Clinton in the form of emails or that Russia could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information about Clinton. Papadopoulos stated that he could not clearly recall having told anyone on the Campaign and wavered about whether he accurately remembered an incident in which Clovis had been upset after hearing Papadopoulos tell Clovis that Papadopoulos thought "they have her emails."495 The Campaign officials who interacted or corresponded with Papadopoulos have similarly stated, with varying degrees of certainty, that he did not tell them. Senior policy advisor Stephen Miller, for example, did not remember hearing anything from Papadopoulos or Clovis about Russia having emails of or dirt on candidate Clinton.496 Clovis stated that he did not recall anyone, including Papadopoulos, having given him non-public information that a foreign government mi ht be in possession of material damaging to Hillary Clinton. 497
Grand Jury 498, 499
No documentary evidence, and nothing in the email accounts or other communications facilities reviewed by the Office, shows that Papadopoulos shared this information with the Campaign.
Clovis, Miller and Papadopolous were campaign members. I guess the Special Counsel felt there was to much circumstantial evidence or something when it came to the core of the campaign. However, it is well understood, Trump frequently is untouchable when it comes to legal matters, Cohen is a prime example. It wasn't until the last couple of days did the country know Trump was in the middle of the Hush Money payments.
Footnote 492 George Papadopoulos: Sanctions Have Done Little More Than to Turn Russia Towards China, Interfax (Sept. 30, 2016).
Footnote 493 Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 14-15; Def. Sent. Mem., United States v. George Papadopoulos, I :17-cr-182 (click here) (D.D.C. Aug. 31, 2018), Doc. 45.
Footnote 494 See footnote 465 of Volume I, Section IV.A.2.d, supra.
Footnote 495 Papadopoulos 8/10/17 302, at 5; Papadopoulos 8/11 /17 302, at 5; Papadopoulos 9/20/17 302, at 2.
Footnote 496 S. Miller 12/14/17 302, at 10.
Footnote 497 Grand Jury
Footnote 498 Grand Jury
Footnote 499 Grand Jury
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Although Clovis claimed to have no recollection of attending the TAG summit,483 Papadopoulos remembered discussing Russia and a foreign policy trip with Clovis and Phares during the event.484 Papadopoulos's recollection is consistent with emails sent before and after the TAG summit. The pre-summit messages included a July 11, 2016 email in which Phares suggested meeting Papadopoulos the day after the summit to chat,485 and a July 12 message in the same chain in which Phares advised Papadopoulos that other summit attendees "are very nervous about Russia. So be aware."486 Ten days after the summit, Papadopoulos sent an email to Mifsud listing Phares and Clovis as other "participants" in a potential meeting at the London Academy of Diplomacy.487
Finally, Papadopoulos's recollection is also consistent with handwritten notes from a journal that he kept at the time.488 Those notes, which are reprinted in part below, appear to refer to potential September 2016 meetings in London with representatives of the "office of Putin," and suggest that Phares, Clovis, and Papadopoulos ("Walid/Sam me") would attend without the official backing of the Campaign ("no official letter/no message from Trump").489
No official anything to connect meetings with Russians to the campaign, but, the campaign members were looking forward to those exact meetings. That is a conspiracy.
Footnote 483 Grand Jury
Footnote 484 Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 16-17.
Footnote 485 7 /11/16 Email, Phares to Papadopoulos.
Footnote 486 7/12/16 Email, Phares to Papadopoulos (14:52:29).
Footnote 487 7/27/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Mifsud (14:14:18).
Footnote 488 Papadopoulos 9/20/17 302, at 3.
Footnote 489 Papadopoulos declined to assist in deciphering his notes, telling investigators that he could not read his own handwriting from the journal. Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 21. The notes, however, appear to read as listed in the column to the left of the image above.
Later communications indicate that Clovis determined that he (Clovis) could not travel. On August 15, 2016, Papadopoulos emailed Clovis that he had received requests from multiple foreign governments, "even Russia[]," for "closed door workshops/consultations abroad," and asked whether there was still interest for Clovis, Phares, and Papadopoulos "to go on that trip."490 Clovis copied Phares on his response, which said that he could not "travel before the election" but that he "would encourage [Papadopoulos] and Walid to make the trips, if it is feasible."491
Footnote 490 8/15/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Clovis (11 :59:07 a.m.).
Footnote 491 8/15/16 Email, Clovis to Papadopoulos (12:01 :45 p.m.)
The issue is never that we don't meet with Russia, it is just that it is not a good idea this close to the election.
Papadopoulos was dismissed from the Trump Campaign in early October 2016, after an interview he gave to the Russian news agency Interfax generated adverse publicity.492
"Interfax" is considered a privately owned news agency.
Interfax Group (click here) is a leading provider of critical information on Russia, China and emerging markets of Eurasia, serving the diverse needs of investors, corporations, financial professionals and the media. Interfax provides about 100 specialized information services, supplying weekly and daily intelligence reports with industry analysis, business information, real-time news, market data and ratings and credit reports. The leader in the CIS, the Interfax Group has a global operational network, with over 1000 staff daily turning out over 3000 stories from over 70 bureaus worldwide.
The campaign dismissed Papadopoulos because he was "too hot" with controversy, not that he wasn't doing his job.
September 30, 2016
George Papadopoulos: Sanctions have done little more than to turn Russia towards China (click here)
George Papadopoulos has been one of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s foreign political advisors since March 2016. Prior to this, he was an advisor to Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and Republican Party member who dropped out of the presidential race. Papadopoulos previously worked for various research institutes dealing with global politics. His sphere of interest is global energy. Papadopoulos has given an interview to Interfax‘s correspondent Ksenia Baygarova in which he discusses his views on U.S.-Russia relations, the Syrian crisis, NATO expansion and the dependence of the EU on Russian energy. Papadopoulos noted that his opinion does not necessarily coincide with that of Trump.
Question: Many people in Russia think that if Donald Trump becomes U.S. president, the U.S.-Russia relations would significantly improve. Do you think these expectations are realistic?
Answer: Mr. Trump has been open about his willingness to usher in a new chapter in U.S.-Russia ties. However, this depends on Russia acting as a responsible stake holder in the international system. U.S.-Russian relations have reached a nadir under the Obama administration and the Clinton led state department when she was in office. Based on the low level of trust between both countries currently, and a military conflict seemingly on the horizon over the Baltics, Ukraine and even in Syria, it is in the interest of the U.S, NATO and Russia to deescalate hostilities immediately and work together towards combating common threats. This threat is principally Islamism and its violent expression, jihadism that has reverberated throughout North Africa and the Middle East post ‘Arab Spring‘.....
f. Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt"
Papadopoulos admitted telling at least one individual outside of the Campaign specifically, the then-Greek foreign minister-about Russia's obtaining Clinton-related emails.
September 12, 2019 (click here)
Washington, DC – George Papadopoulos, who had served as a foreign policy advisor for Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, had also told Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (at the end of May 2016) that a mysterious Russian professor had revealed that the Russians had Hillary Clinton’s emails in their possession.
This claim was made by Papadopoulos during an interview on September 9 with Greek American journalist, George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, as well as on a CNN broadcast on September 7. As it turns out, this disclosure had been made by his lawyers and in the memorandum they filed a week before in court.
Papadopoulos, however, claims he does not remember informing anyone in Donald Trump’s campaign about the information provided by Professor Joseph Mifsud.
He doesn't remember just like he can't read his own handwriting.
On This Week, Papadopoulos did not mention Kotzias by name, but referred to him as the “Greek Foreign Minister,” admitting he told him about Hillary Clinton’s emails allegedly held by the Russians and though he met with Australian diplomat Alexander Downer in London he could not recollect sharing the information about the emails with Downer. The Australian diplomat’s name is not included in the memorandum filed by Papadopoulos’ lawyers....
493 In addition, a different foreign government informed the FBI (Probably the Brits. It had to be an ally that was monitoring activity between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.) that, 10 days after meeting with Mifsud in late April 2016, Papadopoulos suggested that the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton.494 (This conversation occurred after the GRU spearphished Clinton Campaign chairman John Podesta and stole his emails, and the GRU hacked into the DCCC and DNC, see Volume l, Sections III.A & III.B, supra.) Such disclosures raised questions about whether Papadopoulos informed any Trump Campaign official about the emails.
When interviewed, Papadopoulos and the Campaign officials who interacted with him told the Office that they could not recall (So, no one said no, they just could not recall while another government reported their activities.) Papadopoulos's sharing the information that Russia had obtained "dirt" on candidate Clinton in the form of emails or that Russia could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information about Clinton. Papadopoulos stated that he could not clearly recall having told anyone on the Campaign and wavered about whether he accurately remembered an incident in which Clovis had been upset after hearing Papadopoulos tell Clovis that Papadopoulos thought "they have her emails."495 The Campaign officials who interacted or corresponded with Papadopoulos have similarly stated, with varying degrees of certainty, that he did not tell them. Senior policy advisor Stephen Miller, for example, did not remember hearing anything from Papadopoulos or Clovis about Russia having emails of or dirt on candidate Clinton.496 Clovis stated that he did not recall anyone, including Papadopoulos, having given him non-public information that a foreign government mi ht be in possession of material damaging to Hillary Clinton. 497
Grand Jury 498, 499
No documentary evidence, and nothing in the email accounts or other communications facilities reviewed by the Office, shows that Papadopoulos shared this information with the Campaign.
Clovis, Miller and Papadopolous were campaign members. I guess the Special Counsel felt there was to much circumstantial evidence or something when it came to the core of the campaign. However, it is well understood, Trump frequently is untouchable when it comes to legal matters, Cohen is a prime example. It wasn't until the last couple of days did the country know Trump was in the middle of the Hush Money payments.
Footnote 492 George Papadopoulos: Sanctions Have Done Little More Than to Turn Russia Towards China, Interfax (Sept. 30, 2016).
Footnote 493 Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 14-15; Def. Sent. Mem., United States v. George Papadopoulos, I :17-cr-182 (click here) (D.D.C. Aug. 31, 2018), Doc. 45.
Jul 15, 2019
MINUTE ORDER as to GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS (1): Upon consideration of Defendant's motion for release of his passports 65, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED. Pre-trial services is hereby directed to release Defendant's passports to him. It is further ORDERED that Defendant shall return his passports to pre-trial services upon his return, on or before August 6, 2019. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/15/2019. (lcrdm3, )
Footnote 494 See footnote 465 of Volume I, Section IV.A.2.d, supra.
Footnote 495 Papadopoulos 8/10/17 302, at 5; Papadopoulos 8/11 /17 302, at 5; Papadopoulos 9/20/17 302, at 2.
Footnote 496 S. Miller 12/14/17 302, at 10.
Footnote 497 Grand Jury
Footnote 498 Grand Jury
Footnote 499 Grand Jury
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The entire news conference with the Pakistani Prime Minister was gas lighting by Trump.
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity
"They hate America." The four Congresswomen are very proud of their country and want to make it better.
"Mueller is conflicted." Robert S. Mueller has never been conflicted.
"There is no collusion or obstruction." Of course there is and in my opinion, there is both. I have written that in the impression of the Special Counsel Report as I read it. There was not only collusion but, Russia was courting Papadopolous and feeding his expectations to bring Trump to Putin.
"They hate America." The four Congresswomen are very proud of their country and want to make it better.
"Mueller is conflicted." Robert S. Mueller has never been conflicted.
"There is no collusion or obstruction." Of course there is and in my opinion, there is both. I have written that in the impression of the Special Counsel Report as I read it. There was not only collusion but, Russia was courting Papadopolous and feeding his expectations to bring Trump to Putin.
I don't know how a peace agreement is going to take hold if there is major disruption in the cities.
Trump is a fast talker, but, he never covers anything of substance. Trump's BRAND as President is about trade. That is why he is always talking about the PRODUCT that is going to be part of the discussions in the Oval Office. If anyone asked him about current events in Pakistan he would not know anything about it, but, certainly would find a way to say, "...but it won't hurt trade."
July 22, 2019
By Frud Bezhan
Pakistan's most popular TV station, (click here) Geo News, was abruptly forced off the air in many parts of the country as independent media come under unprecedented pressure from authorities.
Geo News’s broadcasts were blocked starting July 21, just hours before Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistani Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, the head of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military's notorious spy wing, landed in Washington for talks with U.S. officials.
Geo TV was still blocked in some parts of the country on July 22.
The move was condemned by international media watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which in a September report said that the climate for press freedom in Pakistan was deteriorating as the country's powerful army "quietly, but effectively" restricts reporting through "intimidation" and other means.
The Pakistani Army and ISI play a major role in domestic and foreign affairs in the South Asian country of some 212 million people.
"The blockage of Geo News just as Prime Minister Imran Khan visits Washington is an unfortunate illustration of how widespread censorship has become in Pakistan," Steven Butler, CPJ's Asia program coordinator, said in a statement after the station went off air....
July 21, 2019
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan - A female suicide bomber (click here) struck Sunday outside a hospital in Pakistan as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, in a complex assault claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed nine and wounded 30.
Salim Riaz Khan, a senior police officer in Dera Ismail Khan, said gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police in a residential area, killing two. He said the bomber then struck at the entrance to the hospital, killing an additional four police and three civilians who were visiting their relatives. He said eight police were among the wounded, and that many of the wounded were in critical condition.
Inayat Ullah, a local forensics expert, said the female attacker set off 15 pounds of explosives packed with nails and ball bearings....
July 17, 2019
By Michael O'Hanlon
July 22, 2019
By Frud Bezhan
Pakistan's most popular TV station, (click here) Geo News, was abruptly forced off the air in many parts of the country as independent media come under unprecedented pressure from authorities.
Geo News’s broadcasts were blocked starting July 21, just hours before Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistani Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, the head of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military's notorious spy wing, landed in Washington for talks with U.S. officials.
Geo TV was still blocked in some parts of the country on July 22.
The move was condemned by international media watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which in a September report said that the climate for press freedom in Pakistan was deteriorating as the country's powerful army "quietly, but effectively" restricts reporting through "intimidation" and other means.
The Pakistani Army and ISI play a major role in domestic and foreign affairs in the South Asian country of some 212 million people.
"The blockage of Geo News just as Prime Minister Imran Khan visits Washington is an unfortunate illustration of how widespread censorship has become in Pakistan," Steven Butler, CPJ's Asia program coordinator, said in a statement after the station went off air....
July 21, 2019
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan - A female suicide bomber (click here) struck Sunday outside a hospital in Pakistan as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, in a complex assault claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed nine and wounded 30.
Salim Riaz Khan, a senior police officer in Dera Ismail Khan, said gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police in a residential area, killing two. He said the bomber then struck at the entrance to the hospital, killing an additional four police and three civilians who were visiting their relatives. He said eight police were among the wounded, and that many of the wounded were in critical condition.
Inayat Ullah, a local forensics expert, said the female attacker set off 15 pounds of explosives packed with nails and ball bearings....
July 17, 2019
By Michael O'Hanlon
The Korean War (click here) is sometimes called America’s forgotten war — but that title really now belongs to the Afghanistan conflict, soon to be 18 years old. Several hundred thousand Americans have served there since October 2001; more than 2,000 have died. The war has cost the United States roughly $1 trillion, and the Department of Veterans Affairs’ costs for the injured will add several hundred billion dollars more in the decades to come.
About 15,000 Americans (and another several thousand foreign troops, most from NATO nations) still serve in uniform in Afghanistan, with an estimated additional annual cost to the American taxpayer of some $20 billion. We have been suffering 10 to 20 fatalities annually in recent years, as well.
Afghan forces serve and fight bravely, and lose some 5,000 to 10,000 personnel a year. But they do not appear closer to being able to protect their nation on their own, due to weak institutions, high attrition rates and pervasive corruption in much of the country. Drug production is once again high. Cities and most major roads remain in government hands; much of the rural countryside is contested, and some is even in Taliban hands....
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