Downer was just protecting his investment in the Clintons.
That isn't what happened. Papadopoulous asked for a meeting with the Australian High Commissioner. He told the Australian High Commissioner the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. The Australian High Commissioner absolutely properly sent a message containing that information to Canberra - that a foreign adversary might be doing something in appropriate with regards to the former Secretary of State of the United States, an ally, and Canberra, quite properly forwarded that information to the counter intelligence service of the United States, which is the FBI.
There's nothing inappropriate about any of that.
When Papadopoulous realised what he'd done, he sought to blame others for his utter stupidity by alleging he was somehow manipulated by Australia into saying something stupid.
Alexander Downer was John Howard's Foreign Minister - Foreign Minister in probably the most conservative, pro-United States government Australia has ever seen. The idea he was involved in some sort of plot like this is absolutely absurd. The only reason it has any credence is that Americans generally don't know who the man they are accusing is and what he's done.
Mark Steyn inteviewed George Papadopoulos recently. Here’s the link: https://www.steynonline.com/9399/honey-traps-and-money-traps
After watching Mark and George discuss that happened, it seems blatantly clear that Briton, Australia, and Italy were trying to get trump through Papadopoulos, who has written a book with the full details. The book is titled: “Deep State Target: How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring Down President Trump”.
Australian Alexander Downer, was the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018. He and Joseph Mifsud (and others) met with Papadopoulis to set up George as a vehicle to entrap Trump.
At this point in time that is entirely new information. Could you please give us a source for that? Thank you in advance.
No, the meeting was arranged by Erika Thompson, an Australian who was a political counsellor at Australia's London High Commission. Papadopolis didn't "request" it. The question is, who in the CIA or State Department reached out to the Australians to set up this meeting? How did Downer even know who Papadopolis was?
Downer's claim that "We just arranged to have a drink with him on the way home one evening." Is obviously a lie.
As Papadopoulos said, “The notion that Downer randomly reached out to me just to have a gin and tonic is laughable. Some organization or entity sent him to meet me.”
Papadopoulos frequently leaves out his communications with the Greek foreign ministry over the same time period. When the shtf, we all go tribal, and there’s more than a little of that going on here.
That said, in America we speak of The Establishment as the Uniparty. I know they have it in Britain because I saw a picture of it just today on Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/CBK_Edwards/status/1132009020020187137
Heseltine the alleged Thatcher Tory cabinet minister, Clegg the LDP leader, and Adonis, Labour PC.
When I was a boy, we used to argue whether or not professional wrestling was real. I mean fistfights during recess over the issue. Then two pro wrestlers got busted in a car with cocaine and hookers, right after they’d allegedly been beating each other’s brains out inside the ring. Never watched another match, regardless of how much I loved Superfly Snuka off the top ring rope for the “vertical souflex”.
Same here with politics.
Downer was just protecting his investment in the Clintons.
Actually it seems out of character for the man, others who know him agree, but he behaved out of character for a reason.