consortium news exclusive u.s. mainstream media finally smoke gun russia-gate incriminate information junior trump campaign adviser close look reveal serious problems evidence write robert parry.by robert parryrussia-gate special prosecutor robert mueller turn heat president trump indictment trump former campaign manager unrelated financial crimes disclosure guilty plea low-level foreign policy adviser lie fbi.while longtime republican fixer paul manafort help guide trump campaign gop nomination summer 2016 big name news monday mainstream media focus court document relate george papadopoulos 30-year-old campaign aide claim hear russia possess hillary clinton email become public internet mostly via wikileaks.while would seem bolster russia-gate narrative russian intelligence hack democratic email president vladimir putin order email make public undermine clinton campaign evidentiary thread run papadopoulos account remain tenuous.that part credibility already undermine guilty plea lie fbi fact motive provide something prosecutors might want exchange leniency plus hearsay contest quality papadopoulos suppose information already turn false.according court document papadopoulos get know professor international relations claim substantial connections russian government officials professor identify press report joseph mifsud little-known academic associate university stirling scotland.the first contact supposedly occur mid-march 2016 italy second meet london march 24 professor purportedly introduce papadopoulos russian woman young campaign aide believe putin niece assertion mueller investigators determine true.trump pressure foreign policy team include papadopoulos part list draw fill gap papadopoulos participate campaign meet march 31 washington suggest meet trump putin prospect senior aid reportedly slap down.the email breakfastbut papadopoulos continue outreach russia accord court document depict explosive meet april 26 breakfast london professor mifsud supposedly say moscow learn russians obtain dirt then-candidate clinton possess thousands email mainstream press account conclude mifsud must refer later-released emails.however mifsud tell washington post email last august absolutely contact russian government describe tie russia strictly academic fields.in interview u.k. daily telegraph monday disclosures mifsud acknowledge meet papadopoulos dispute content conversations cite court paper specifically deny know anything email contain dirt clinton call claim introduce papadopoulos female russian national laughingstock accord telegraph interview mifsud say try put papadopoulos touch experts european union introduce director russian think tank russian international affairs council.it latter contact court paper presumably refer say may russian contact tie foreign ministry write papadopoulos mifsud report ministry officials open cooperation message papadopoulos forward senior campaign official ask whether contact something want move forward however even article new york time aggressively push russia-gate scandal begin note evidentiary hole follow point.the time scott shane write crucial detail still miss whether mr. papadopoulos tell senior trump campaign officials russia possession hack email appear young aide quest deep connection russian officials aggressively pursue lead nowhere shane add court document describe detail mr. papadopoulos continue report senior campaign officials efforts arrange meet russian officials document say explicitly whether pass explosive discovery russians consider compromise email mr. trump opponent j.d gordon former pentagon official work trump campaign national security adviser help arrange march 31 foreign policy meet say know nothing mr. papadopoulos discovery russia obtain democratic email prolong pursuit meet russians reason doubtif prosecutor mueller direct evidence papadopoulos inform trump campaign clinton email would assume proof would include monday disclosures since papadopoulos flood campaign news russian outreach might expect would say something helpful russians publicize democratic emails.the absence support evidence papadopoulos convey hot news email campaign officials mifsud insistence know nothing email would normally raise serious question papadopoulos credibility crucial point.at least gap represent major hole storyline official washington desperate proof allege russian election meddle long professional skepticism unwelcome media outlets.there also another side story rarely get mention u.s. mainstream media wikileaks founder julian assange repeatedly deny receive two batch purloin democratic email one democratic national committee one clinton campaign chairman john podesta russians surely possible russians might use cutouts pass email assange associate suggest least dnc email come disgruntle insider.also former u.s. intelligence experts question whether least one batch disclose email could come overseas hack rapid download speed typical copy file locally onto memory stick thumb drive.what tell intelligence source several months ago russian intelligence engage hack efforts uncover sensitive information much u.s. nations intelligence service democratic target include russian effort.but source say perplex question whether kremlin order release data something russian intelligence usually loath something case would risk retaliation expect winner 2016 election hillary clinton.but question doubt clearly welcome u.s. mainstream media embrace mueller acceptance papadopoulos story long-awaited smoke gun russia-gate.investigative reporter robert parry break many iran-contra stories associate press newsweek 1980s buy late book america steal narrative either print e-book amazon barnesandnoble.com .read russia-gate news 21st century wire russia-gate filessupport 21wire subscribe become member 21wire.tv robert parry sort russia mess