DNC: Professor who told Papadopoulos Russia had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton may be dead

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The Hill @thehill 22m22 minutes ago
DNC: Professor who told Papadopoulos that Russia had "dirt" on Clinton may be dead http://hill.cm/sxsl6ME

DNC lawyers wrote in court filings Friday that Joseph Mifsud, who spoke to Papadopoulos during the 2016 presidential election, "is missing and may be deceased," Bloomberg News reported. The lawyers did not elaborate.

The DNC stood by its claim in a statement to The Hill on Friday. The committee indicated that an investigator had been used to find Mifsud, who had disappeared for months, and was told the Maltese professor may be dead.

“The DNC's counsel has attempted to serve Mifsud for months and has been unable to locate or contact him. In addition, public reports have said he has disappeared and hasn't been seen for months," DNC spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.

The DNC's revelation came in court filings Friday in their lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. According to Bloomberg, the DNC said it believed all of the defendants in the case had been served, with the exception of Mifsud.

Mifsud was reportedly known to have high-level contacts in the Russian government, including with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's current foreign minister. During the campaign Papadopoulos told the president and now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that Russia was interested in setting up a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Getting trump in the witehouse

is their biggest intel operation in the US since teaparty patriots.

The Russians are going to protect it. Of course people do die, so it could be a coincidence.

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Cui bono?

Well, that's easy. Both Russia AND Trumpy benefit. Ergo, Mifsud is sleeping with the fish.

[judesedit]

3. Or drinking a rum runner on some tropical beach or yacht somewhere

[Blue_true]

5. Seriously doubt that. He is bad for some people alive, and those people kill to not be found out. n

[Blue_true]

4. Wonder whether they at least gave him a couple swigs of vodka before offing him? nt

[Squinch]

6. And papadopoulis is suddenly saying he doesn't remember ever having any conversations about it.

Yep. There's stuff brewing under there.

[dalton99a]

7. He is probably well buried

or resting comfortably on the ocean floor

[Goodheart]

8. He's a fucking snake

The ONLY reason he thinks now that presidents should not be investigated nor indicted is because he's a Republican protecting Republicans.

He also has a habit of citing "precedent" when it favors his Republican prejudices but then contorting himself into knots with obscurities when precedent doesn't support him.

[triron]

10. Looks like Putin got rid of a witness.

[rickford66]

11. Any new stadiums built lately ?