Mr. Meadows. Another name came up that was new to me. And I

didn't think there was anything new, but another name came up, and

I guess it was Bert Mizusawa.

Mr. Meadows. So tell me a little bit about his interactions

with you and why you found them – I don't want to characterize

it, but I am – peculiar. So help me understand who he was and

why it raised concerns.

Mr. Papadopoulos. My understanding of this person is that he

was an Active Duty Intel or military – U.S. military guy who

joined the Trump campaign as an adviser. He was seated, I think,

two people away from me during the famous March 31st national

security meeting that we had.

Mr. Meadows. Which is the one time I guess that you actually

met with then-candidate Trump. Is that correct?

Mr. Papadopoulos. Yes, and the only time.

Mr. Meadows. The only time, okay.

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So then I tell the Greek foreign minister, Oh, hey, this

information.

And then Bert Mizusawa, all of a sudden sometime later on in the fall, apparently there's a meeting between the foreign minister of Greece and Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn.

And Bert not only wants talking points from me about this meeting, but he also wants me to attend.

And he also tells me that it's very important for you to attend,

Mr. Meadows. Did those contacts continue after the election?

Mr. Papadopoulos. As far as I remember, he sent me an email to update me about how he was part of some bunker team – I think

that's what it's called – during the transition.

some bunker team

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special counsel never asked PDOP about his meetings with Stephan Halper-CIA

Mr. Papadopoulos. I was paid, yes. Yes.

Mr. Meadows. You did get paid. So when you were talking to

the special prosecutor, and you were going over all of this

information about your conversations with Mr. Halper, what kind of

questions did the special prosecutor ask you about it?

Mr. Papadopoulos. Actually, to the best of my recollection,

they never brought up Stefan Halper one time.

So that left an indelible impression on me of – that my so-called connection to Israel angered the Department of Justice.

And before that, of course, Stefan Halper paid me for information on my ties to Israel.

Alexander Downer was interested in my ties

to Israel.

And you could see there was a pattern.

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Swamp Spies interested in PDOP connections with Israel