Boris Johnson met ‘London professor’ linked to FBI’s Russia investigation

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/11/boris-johnson-met-london-professor-linked-to-fbis-russia-investigation?CMP=twt_gu

 

Boris Johnson is facing questions about the government’s links to key individuals named by the FBI in its Trump-Russia investigation, following the emergence of a photo of him with Joseph Mifsud, the “London professor” with high-level Kremlin contacts.

The foreign secretary is facing accusations of a potential security breach following the emergence of the photo of him with Mifsud, whose identity emerged as part of investigations into alleged links between Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russia.

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”.

Last week, the Observer reported that Mifsud had told colleagues he was planning to meet Johnson “to discuss Brexit”. The third man in the photo, businessman Prasenjit Kumar Singh, told the Observer he had known Mifsud, a Maltese academic named in FBI documents concerning possible Trump-Kremlin connections, for several years, and had attended seminars on Brexit that Mifsud had held at the London School of Diplomacy: “He is a very good speaker and he’s had a lot of seminars about Brexit at the academy.”

[Jacque67 7,328]

Yeah, pics of them together. Carole Cadwalldadr is on the case. No wonder Robert Mercer resigned...

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

3 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

Yeah, pics of them together. Carole Cadwalldadr is on the case. No wonder Robert Mercer resigned...

LeCarre, I need to retire, I can't outdo any of this stuff