In May 2017 Brennan testified to Congress: {{quotebox|'''"I was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons''' that raised concerns in my mind about whether or not those individuals were cooperating with the Russians, either in a witting or unwitting fashion, and it '''served as the basis for the FBI investigation to determine whether such collusion — cooperation occurred"'''.}} Brennan is referring to unsolicited contacts made by [[Joseph Mifsud]], [[Alexander Downer]], and [[Stefan Halper]] toward Trump volunteer George Papadopoulos in London, through whom Papadopoulos was brought in contact with people said to be Russian.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/05/10/ties-that-bind-stefan-halper-joseph-mifsud-alexander-downer-papadopoulos/ </ref><ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/17/halper-trump-page-papadopoulos/ </ref> [[Carter Page]] and Sam Clovis also met with Halper. Halper was a paid [[provocateur]] attempting to compromise Trump campaign workers by baiting them to show interest in Hillary Clinton's missing emails. | In May 2017 Brennan testified to Congress: {{quotebox|'''"I was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons''' that raised concerns in my mind about whether or not those individuals were cooperating with the Russians, either in a witting or unwitting fashion, and it '''served as the basis for the FBI investigation to determine whether such collusion — cooperation occurred"'''.}} Brennan is referring to unsolicited contacts made by [[Joseph Mifsud]], [[Alexander Downer]], and [[Stefan Halper]] toward Trump volunteer George Papadopoulos in London, through whom Papadopoulos was brought in contact with people said to be Russian.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/05/10/ties-that-bind-stefan-halper-joseph-mifsud-alexander-downer-papadopoulos/ </ref><ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/17/halper-trump-page-papadopoulos/ </ref> [[Carter Page]] and Sam Clovis also met with Halper. Halper was a paid [[provocateur]] attempting to compromise Trump campaign workers by baiting them to show interest in Hillary Clinton's missing emails. |