AG Barr's special Russia investigator obtained BlackBerrys tied to launch of FBI Russia-Trump probe

washington times ^ | 10/17/2019 | rowan scarborough

[bitt]

It was special investigator John Durham who acquired two BlackBerrys used by Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese professor who jumped-started the FBI’s long Russia probe into President Trump’s campaign.

Sidney Powell, attorney for retired Army Lt. General Michael Flynn, filed a court motion on Monday disclosing the phones’ existence while tying them to Western intelligence.

She told The Washington Times on Thursday that she has confirmed that it was Mr. Durham’s office who obtained them.

William Barr assigned Mr. Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, the mission of finding out the origins of the FBI’s counter-intelligence investigation known as Crossfire Hurricane. She told the Times that a “source,” whom she declined to identify, told her about the BlackBerrys.

Mr. Mifsud, a university professor and well-traveled lecturer, told George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, in London in April 2016 that Moscow owned thousands of Hillary Clinton emails. When the news reached the FBI in July, agent Peter Strzok initiated the probe

[Travis McGee]

How do we know he's alive?

[Travis McGee]

I’m guessing that Mifsud met Barr and Durham in secret in Italy, and gave them his Blackberries, trusting them with his ultimate life insurance policy.

[Go Gordon]

Sydney Powell told the Times that a “source,” whom she declined to identify, told her about the BlackBerrys.

I thought general Flynn's new attorneys made a recent discovery request, specifically identifying the Misfud phones, because they were thought to have exculpatory evidence on them.

[Professional]

The serious political corruption in our country is so bad that countless numbers of connected people enter that system, and within 4-8 yrs are mega millionaires or billionaires. The self serving, conflict of interest, outright theft is unbelievably brazen all the while never prosecuted or even written about by journalists or investigative reporters.

I have pretty much lost hope that anything will be done about this, and heaven help us all when the worst of the country yet again grab the reins of power. It’s going to be time for me to make a plan b in life when these crooks come back to power.

[bitt]

I respect your considerations, so when you work out plan B, share it with me! :)

[Freee-dame]

The serious political corruption in our country is so bad that countless numbers of connected people enter that system, and within 4-8 yrs are mega millionaires or billionaires. The self serving, conflict of interest, outright theft is unbelievably brazen all the while never prosecuted or even written about by journalists or investigative reporters.

If you read Peter Schweizer’s book “ Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends”, the worst part is that Congress has written the laws so this corruption by proxy can be legal.

Schweizer, also author of “Clinton Cash,” had a terrific interview on Levin. Schweizer said that he has never been invited on any major network or CNN orMSNBC. Too much actual knowledge about corruption I suppose.