Joseph Mifsud: more questions than answers about mystery professor linked to Russia
On paper, Joseph Mifsud – who has emerged as a central figure in the criminal investigation into possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign – looks like a seasoned professional in diplomacy and academia.
A fawning profile published in 2014 described the Malta native as a top former government official who helped negotiate his country’s entry into the European Union and later became head of the “venerable” London Academy of Diplomacy.
But a closer look at Mifsud’s record raises more questions than answers about the man who federal investigators now say told a young Trump campaign adviser that the Kremlin had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. Evidence has also emerged that suggests Mifsud has a relationship with at least one senior Russian official in London.
Mifsud is not named in court documents released on Monday, which describe how the campaign aide, George Papadopoulos, lied to investigators about his contacts with “foreign agents”. But his biography and movements between Rome, London and Moscow, match those of the unnamed “professor” described in the court documents. On Tuesday, he acknowledged to the Daily Telegraph that he was the man described in the papers, but denied any wrongdoing, or knowledge of the Clinton emails.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/31/joseph-mifsud-professor-trump-russia-inquiry-kremlin
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