Downer claimed that Papadopoulos told him during a barroom conversation that Russia had information that was potentially damaging to Hillary Clinton. Downer has said he found the comment “interesting,” and contacted his Australian colleagues. The information also made its way to Elizabeth Dibble, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in London,
It is still not known how the U.S. and Australian governments handled the Papadopoulos intelligence over the two months after the London barroom meeting. But the information would eventually serve as the catalyst for “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI counterintelligence investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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