TY Baker!
Curtis Heide,
he tells me basically, we want you to wear a wire to go after Joseph Mifsud or to get some sort of information about him.
I rejected it.
So he asked me to wear a wire. And he basically told me that Washington wants answers and you're at the center of this, something like that to make it seem like I was in some deep trouble if I wasn't going to wear a wire against this person.
I rejected it. And in the follow-up meeting I had with counsel present then and the FBI, Curtis Heide, there were lawyers from the FBI who came into Chicago for that meeting.
PDOP asked to wear wire on Mifsud - sez it came from Washington / the Opresident?
https://dougcollins.house.gov/sites/dougcollins.house.gov/files/Papadopoulos%20l10.25.18%20Interview%20Transcript_Redacted.pdf
Q Could it be Kevin Clinesmith?
A Yeah, that's right, Kevin Clinesmith. He was – he was there.
There was a whole plethora of agents, and I don't know who else was there. I just – somebody told me it was him, and I googled his image and I was able to recognize who was in there.
PDOP confirms Kevin Clinesmith
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/20/peter-strzok-lisa-page-and-kevin-clinesmith-anti-t/
https://dougcollins.house.gov/sites/dougcollins.house.gov/files/Papadopoulos%20l10.25.18%20Interview%20Transcript_Redacted.pdf
pg 116
Charles Tawil comes to Greece…
And at this meeting, he sits me down in front of two strange people, who I believe were ex-Israeli
intelligence, but were currently running some sort of government – how did I explain it exactly? It's some sort of –
it's some sort of program online that they have that the FBI is a client of that helps with Facebook and social media manipulation
Watdafuk, Anons?
I get to Greece. I tell him, take your money back. A couple days later I fly to Dulles and I'm arrested.
Curiouser and curiouser….
Mr. Ratcliffe:
Okay. It's been publicly acknowledged that on July 31st of 2016, an FBI agent named Peter Strzok opened an investigation into whether or not Russia, or the Russian Government, had colluded, or was colluding with the Trump
campaign.
Have you ever met FBI Agent Peter Strzok?
Mr. Papadopoulos:
No, I have not. Knowingly, no. Maybe he was somewhere, but I never met him, no.
Mr. Ratcliffe:
Okay. Based on what you've told us, I'm trying to figure out why one of what has become the highest profile investigations in U.S. history alleging collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian Government centered around you, a 28-year-old campaign adviser on the job for about a month who, to this day, has never been to Russia, and, to this day, has never
knowingly met a member of the Russian Government.
Am I summarizing that accurately?
Mr. Papadopoulos:
That's absolutely right.
Mr. Ratcliffe:
Okay. And did, again – I know you've answered these questions, but I want to make sure the record is really clear.
Did Stefan Halper ask you about your knowledge of the Russians having dirt on Hillary Clinton and colluding with the Trump campaign to obtain that information?
Mr. Papadopoulos:
That's what happened, yes.
Mr. Ratcliffe:
And, again, to briefly summarize, your recollection,
as you related to John Solomon,
was that you were aware of no collusion between anyone on the Trump campaign and the
Russian Government, correct?
Mr. Papadopoulos:
That's absolutely correct.
PDOP never talked to Strzok, CIA Stephan Halper inquires after hilldawg emails, Special Cousel never asks PDOP about Halper
https://dougcollins.house.gov/sites/dougcollins.house.gov/files/Papadopoulos%20l10.25.18%20Interview%20Transcript_Redacted.pdf
pg128-130