I'm not conflating things, you are.
What I'm doing is refuting your silly argument that the plot against Trump was a strictly domestic operation.
Downer and Mifsud were involved with trying to entrap Carter Page with having knowledge of Hillary Clinton's emails being in foreign possession.
More conflation on your part.
Stephen Halper was used against Carter Page, while Downer and Milsfud (and later Halper) were used against George Popadopoulos.
These events are evidence of a coordinated foreign intelligence operation against Trump campaign advisors.
Stephen Halper was used against Carter Page, while Downer and Milsfud (and later Halper) were used against George Popadopoulos.
So you knew all along they had nothing to do with Steele.
Steele was tasked with developing the dirt on Trump and he’s given sworn testimony to that effect. Steele is a foreign national and that FACT doesn’t change no matter how many times he visits the United States, does it?
The entire operation (meaning the Steele dossier project since that is what we were discussing and no other subject or object is mentioned...or is that just poor writing on your part?) was directed by members of the Obama administration whose mandate was to sink Trump but keep their own hands clean domestically...hence the use of foreign nationals like Christopher Steele, Alexander Downer, Joseph Milfud, and Serhiy Leshchenko (among others) to develop and distribute the dirt. (in the dossier...the object of the subject)
Sooooo...why were you trying to tie them to Steele?
These events are evidence of a coordinated foreign intelligence operation against Trump campaign advisors.
Nothing you've stated there answers my questions...
Do you know who the sources were? Do you know that the information came from overseas? (the object here being the Steele dossier)
If the answer is yes to either of those questions then my question to you is how do you know this information when even the FBI doesn't know the answer to those questions?