What do we know about the 'FBI informant' Trump keeps talking about?

[DonViejo]

Someone possibly connected to his 2016 campaign was talking to the FBI.

By Paul Waldman May 18 at 2:14 PM

Throughout special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into the Russia scandal, President Trump and his defenders have cast about for evidence they can use to dismiss the entire probe as tainted. Did a person on Mueller’s staff once contribute to a Democratic candidate? Did an FBI agent privately express a negative opinion about Trump? Was there a single source with less than pure motives? If so, then the entire thing can be dismissed as a witch hunt, a frame job, a conspiracy to destroy the president.

Here’s the latest iteration of this: Trump and his allies are talking up an informant who was somehow connected to the Trump campaign in 2016 and provided information to the FBI both before and after the Mueller investigation began. The president himself is making some wild accusations about this informant.

So here’s what we know and don’t know about him or her, and how it fits into the broader investigation.

This isn’t just any informant. The Post reports today that Justice Department officials believe exposing the informant could compromise other investigations and even risk lives. We can’t know to what degree that’s true. But the idea that they want to keep this person’s name secret because they’re out to get the president is ludicrous. That’s especially true given that Trump himself was persuaded that the source’s identity should be kept secret, as The Post reported last week: “Intelligence officials fear that providing even a redacted version of the information [House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin] Nunes seeks could expose that person and damage relationships with other countries that serve as U.S. intelligence partners.”

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[samnsara]

1. well if its top secret they will spill it soon...

[gibraltar72]

2. Or someone who has been at his side for many years

has been working both sides of the street.

[dameatball]

3. Question someone should ask Giuliani when he mentions the "mole":

Rudy,
Why is a leak in your campaign any worse than you receiving classified information from an FBI leaker just weeks prior to the campaign??

[marylandblue]

4. I don't think the person is part of the campaign at all

FBI never said he actually worked for the campaign. Republicans have insinuated that he or she does. But the way they are describing this person, it sounds like a CIA asset in Russia, possibly even a CIA agent.

[Mr. Ected]

5. Felix Sater. Perhaps.

[underpants]

6. I have a speculation thread going

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210628344

[chelsea0011]

7. trump has and is running a criminal enterprise. Any informant is just a necessity.

If there is one. This guy lives in the conspiracy world.