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==Baiting the trap==

==Baiting the trap==

Two months before the 2016 election, Papadopoulos received a strange request for a meeting in [[London]], one of several the young Trump adviser would be offered — and he would accept — during the presidential campaign. The meeting request came from Stefan Halper, a foreign policy expert and Cambridge professor with connections to the CIA and its British counterpart, MI6.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/25/george-papadopoulos-london-emails/ </ref>

Two months before the 2016 election, Papadopoulos received a strange request for a meeting in [[London]], one of several the young Trump adviser would be offered — and he would accept — during the presidential campaign. The meeting request came from Stefan Halper, a foreign policy expert and Cambridge professor with connections to the CIA and its British counterpart, MI6.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/03/25/george-papadopoulos-london-emails/ </ref>

Halper met with Papadopoulos on September 23, 2016.<ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/news/stefan-halper-is-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-in-obama-spy-scandal/ </ref> Halper brought up the subject of Hillary Clinton's emails which he alleged the Russians hacked. Papadopoulos told Halper he knew nothing about any emails or Russian hacking — notwithstanding Halper’s aggressive, loaded questioning on the subject.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/george-papadopoulos-case-needs-closer-look/amp/</ref><ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/06/13/heres-can-glean-george-papadopouloss-wife-telling-media/</ref>

Halper met with Papadopoulos on September 23, 2016.<ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/news/stefan-halper-is-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-in-obama-spy-scandal/ </ref> Halper brought up the subject of Hillary Clinton's emails which he alleged the Russians hacked. Papadopoulos told Halper he knew nothing about any emails or Russian hacking — notwithstanding Halper’s aggressive, loaded questioning on the subject.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/george-papadopoulos-case-needs-closer-look/amp/</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/06/13/heres-can-glean-george-papadopouloss-wife-telling-media/</ref>

In November 2016, Halper told ''[[Russia Today]]'' television that [[Hillary Clinton]] would be best for U.S.-UK relations.

In November 2016, Halper told ''[[Russia Today]]'' television that [[Hillary Clinton]] would be best for U.S.-UK relations.