Popodapolous may have started Russia Investigation
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:08 pm
The Steele 'dossier' does not look like it was the original impetus of the Trump/Russia connection. According to a report in the New York Times:
This would obviously also explain how Popodapoulis, relatively unknown figure, became such an important early witness to flip.
During a night of heavy drinking at an upscale London bar in May 2016, George Papadopoulos, a young foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, made a startling revelation to Australia’s top diplomat in Britain: Russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton.
About three weeks earlier, Mr. Papadopoulos had been told that Moscow had thousands of emails that would embarrass Mrs. Clinton, apparently stolen in an effort to try to damage her campaign.
Exactly how much Mr. Papadopoulos said that night at the Kensington Wine Rooms with the Australian, Alexander Downer, is unclear. But two months later, when leaked Democratic emails began appearing online, Australian officials passed the information about Mr. Papadopoulos to their American counterparts, according to four current and former American and foreign officials with direct knowledge of the Australians’ role.
This would obviously also explain how Popodapoulis, relatively unknown figure, became such an important early witness to flip.