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Lawsuit Suggests Spying On Trump Campaign Started In Early 2016
The Federalist ^ | May 28, 2019 | Margot Cleveland

Posted on 05/28/2019 11:09:16 AM PDT by detective

Late last week, Svetlana Lokhova, a Russian-born English citizen, sued presumed Spygate frontman Stefan Halper and three media giants—the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and MSNBC—for defamation and conspiracy, alleging the defendants falsely painted her as a Russian spy and Michael Flynn paramour in order to push the Russia collusion narrative.

Lokhova’s 66-page complaint reads more like a political shock jock transcript than a legal document: “Stefan Halper is a ratf—er and a spy, who embroiled an innocent woman in a conspiracy to undo the 2016 Presidential election and topple the President of the United States of America,” her lawsuit opened. But behind the colorful language—clearly crafted for public consumption—Lokhova’s lawsuit lays out facts that suggest spying on the Trump campaign began in early 2016 and with the aid of British intelligence.

In her lawsuit, Lokhova detailed how she first met the retired general and short-lived Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn. In January 2014, while working to complete her Ph.D. at Cambridge University, her mentor Professor Christopher M. Andrew (“Andrew”), and Sir Richard Dearlove (“Dearlove”), invited Lokhova to attend a group dinner with Flynn.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 201401; clinton; declassification; fbi; fisa; flynn; impeachment; jamescomey; lisapage; lokhova; obama; peterstrzok; ratfkr; robertmueller; svetlanalokhova; trump
Svetlana Lokhova, a Russian-born English citizen, has filed a lawsuit against Obama administration operative Stefan Halper.

Lokhova’s complaint revealed that “Halper came into the picture” in mid-January, shortly after “General Flynn informally became an adviser to the Trump presidential campaign.”

Halper was paid through an Obama administration slush fund and was ordered to target individuals connected to the Trump campaign, including Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, and Trump campaign co-chairman Sam Clovis.

Halper’s targeting of Trump campaign-connected individuals began before the FBI’s official launch of Crossfire Hurricane, on July 31, 2016. Halper approached Carter Page in mid-July.

Lokhova’s complaint now documents that operation to spy on the Trump campaign date back even further, to late 2015 or early 2016, and that they included surveillance of General Michael Flynn and used Lokhova’s acquittance with General Flynn to spy on the Trump campaign’s activities.

1 posted on 05/28/2019 11:09:16 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

““Stefan Halper is a ratf—er and a spy,....”


...and here we think that President Trump is colorful.


2 posted on 05/28/2019 11:15:14 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: detective

“Stefan Halper is a ratf—er”

Yeah, that’s probably not found in too many court filings.


3 posted on 05/28/2019 11:15:26 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

I can imagine someone adding that to his gravestone someday.

Quite the unforgettable statement. :>)


4 posted on 05/28/2019 11:23:28 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: detective

And Gina Haspel who is slow walking declassification was the CIA Chief of Europe from 2014-2017. Right as this happened. She is either incompetent to not see what was happening right under her nose, or she was part of it.

I’m guessing the latter since she is making no effort to root out the truth.


5 posted on 05/28/2019 11:24:19 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: SharpRightTurn

I’m willing to upgrade MoFo Tlaib’s nickname.

Samantha C*** already earned all she can.


6 posted on 05/28/2019 11:27:37 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: SharpRightTurn; All

When I was in college about 50 years ago, we’d have generally hilarious, usually obscene BS sessions in my fraternity that we’d call “rat f..ks,” “RF” in short. A RF was for pure personal pleasure and was in no real way useful. I assume she’s referring to that kind of thing and the fact that “information” coming from a RF would be pure garbage as evidence of anything.


7 posted on 05/28/2019 1:13:49 PM PDT by libstripper (q)
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To: detective

I’m betting it goes back even earlier since she was contacted about another proposed dinner at Cambridge in March 2015


8 posted on 07/23/2019 2:11:26 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: detective

JMHO, Gina is NOT BLAMELESS.


9 posted on 07/23/2019 2:51:12 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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