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This development comes less than a week after Johnson denied meeting the professor, and at a time when concern is growing about possible Russian interference in the Brexit campaign, in which the foreign secretary played a crucial role.
Although the FBI had known about Mifsud’s role as a high-level go-between linking the Trump campaign and the Russian government since at least July, it appears British intelligence did not warn the foreign secretary about the potential embarrassment or security implications before he attended a fundraising dinner with Mifsud on 19 October.
Ben Bradshaw, the MP for Exeter, who has been raising questions about possible Russian interference, said: "It’s inconceivable that the FBI didn’t tell their UK counterparts about Mifsud … so how was this allowed to happen?” The only explanation, he suggests, is “our own agencies are keeping information from Johnson for some reason … which only begs further worrying questions”.