Nigel Farage is 'person of interest' in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/01/nigel-farage-is-person-of-interest-in-fbi-investigation-into-trump-and-russia

Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the US counter-intelligence investigation that is looking into possible collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Guardian has been told.

Sources with knowledge of the investigation said the former Ukip leader had raised the interest of FBI investigators because of his relationships with individuals connected to both the Trump campaign and Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder whom Farage visited in March.

WikiLeaks published troves of hacked emails last year that damaged Hillary Clinton’s campaign and is suspected of having cooperated with Russia through third parties, according to recent congressional testimony by the former CIA director John Brennan, who also said the adamant denials of collusion by Assange and Russia were disingenuous.

Farage has not been accused of wrongdoing and is not a suspect or a target of the US investigation. But being a person of interest means investigators believe he may have information about the acts that are under investigation and he may therefore be subject to their scrutiny.

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Last summer, just a few weeks before Farage met Trump in Mississippi, Stone bragged about having a “mutual friend” who served as an intermediary between himself and Assange. He also mentioned in a separate tweet that he had dinner with Farage, though the date of the encounter is unclear.

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So, the Russians were fucking with Brexit as well as destabilizing the U.S. political situation. It's all starting to make sense. Any predictions on when the whole ball of wax crumbles? It's gonna be one hell of a day when the feds bust out of their shell. Extradition treaty, anyone? This is going to be an international DISASTER.

[caduceus111]

1. Further...

“One of the things the intelligence investigators have been looking at is points of contact and persons involved,” one source said. “If you triangulate Russia, WikiLeaks, Assange and Trump associates the person who comes up with the most hits is Nigel Farage. “He’s right in the middle of these relationships. He turns up over and over again. There’s a lot of attention being paid to him.”

[Doodley]

2. Why would an man from England come to America to try to get Trump elected?

Money. What did he have to gain? Who was paying him?

[caduceus111]

3. From another article -- channeling Jeff Sessions:

http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2017-05/nigel-farage-brexit-ukip-russia-contacts/seite-3

ZEIT ONLINE: I just want to understand your role.

Farage: We have no links to Russia.

ZEIT ONLINE: You didn't meet with the Russian Embassy's deputy chief-of-mission in London?

Farage: Nope.

ZEIT ONLINE: Not in 2013, before the Brexit campaign was conceived?

Farage: Ah, hang on. He came to the EP office. Or I met with him in London. So what?

ZEIT ONLINE: Why did you meet with him?

Farage: I think you are a nutcase! You are really a nutcase! Brexit is the best thing to happen: for _RUSSIA_, for America, for Germany and for democracy. And that's the key point. (Notice how Russia comes first)

[Doodley]

5. Farage: I most admire Putin

From 2014:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/31/nigel-farage-relationship-russian-media-scrutiny

Nigel Farage's near monthly appearances on state-owned Russia Today have come under scrutiny after his expression of admiration for Vladimir Putin this week.

In one of his 17 appearances on the channel seen by the Guardian and transmitted since December 2010, he claims Europe is governed not by elected democracies but instead "by the worst people we have seen in Europe since 1945".

SNIP

Farage caused surprise at the weekend when asked by GQ magazine which politician he most admired. He replied: "As an operator, but not as a human being, I would say [Vladimir] Putin."

Who is paying Farage and Trump to publicly praise Putin?

[caduceus111]

6. Holy crap...

The hubris of these people is unreal.

And, not least, aided by the Яepublican leadership who are knee deep in it as well.

[Nevernose]

8. The fascists have always been interconnected

And fascism didn't die out after WWII, it just rebranded.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. He had to be acting as an intermediary for Trump when he visited Assange a few months ago

There's no other logical explanation for that.

[FM123]

7. I remember when

photos emerged of Farage exiting the Ecuadorean embassy (where Julian Assange was staying). When he was asked about it he replied that he could not "remember" what he was doing there and refused to answer questions on whether he had met with Assange.