Papadopoulos had been accused of colluding with Russia, meddling in U.S. elections, treason, destroying American [[democracy]] <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html </ref> (see: [[fake news]]) and was sentenced to ''14 days'' in jail. He served one. Mifsud posed as a Russian intelligence operative to entrap Papadopoulos so that [[John Brennan]], [[James Comey]] and [[Peter Strzok]] could justify investigating [[Donald Trump]].<ref>https://spectator.org/crossfire-hurricane-category-5-political-espionage/</ref> Mifsud spoke at a [[State Department]] event three weeks after President Trump's inauguration, was interviewed by the FBI, not detained, and allowed to leave the country. | Papadopoulos had been accused of colluding with Russia, meddling in U.S. elections, treason, destroying American [[democracy]] <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html </ref> (see: [[fake news]]) and was sentenced to ''14 days'' in jail. He served one. Mifsud posed as a Russian intelligence operative to entrap Papadopoulos so that [[John Brennan]], [[James Comey]] and [[Peter Strzok]] could justify investigating [[Donald Trump]].<ref>https://spectator.org/crossfire-hurricane-category-5-political-espionage/</ref> Mifsud spoke at a [[State Department]] event three weeks after President Trump's inauguration, was interviewed by the FBI, not detained, and allowed to leave the country. |