https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-witness-team-gamed-out-russian-meddling-in-2015

> The founder of the firm, called Wikistrat, has been questioned by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team as they investigate efforts by foreign governments to shape American politics during the 2016 presidential campaign. Joel Zamel, a low-profile Israeli-Australian who started the firm, has deep contacts in Middle Eastern intelligence circles. There are no known publicly available pictures of him. But he met people in the upper echelons of the Trump campaign.

> In April 2016, senior Trump campaign official Rick Gates reviewed a pitch produced by a company called Psy Group, which Zamel reportedly owns. The pitch laid out a three-pronged election influence campaign that included creating thousands of fake social media accounts to support then-candidate Trump and disparage his opponents, according to The New York Times.

https://www.afr.com/news/politics/world/australian-joel-zamel-linked-to-special-counsel-robert-mueller-probe-20180522-h10dbp

> Mr Zamel also set up a private intelligence company, Psy Group, which employs experts with links to the Israeli intelligence community.

Whats the bet Zamel had a connection to Alexander Downer through his intelligence connections. Reminder that Downer was Foreign Minister in Australia for 11 years and Australia intelligence agencies answered directly to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Downer