On the same day Trump campaign volunteer [[George Papadopoulos]] was sentenced to ''14 days'' in jail, [[Democratic National Committee]] lawyers reported Mifsud was "presumed dead."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-07/dnc-lawyers-raise-prospect-papadopoulos-u-k-contact-may-be-dead</ref> Papadopoulos had been accused of colluding with Russia, meddling in U.S. elections, treason, and destroying American [[democracy]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html </ref> Mifsud posed as a Russian intelligence operative to entrap Papadopoulos for [[John Brennan]], [[James Comey]] and [[Peter Strzok]] to justify investigating [[Donald Trump]].<ref>https://spectator.org/crossfire-hurricane-category-5-political-espionage/</ref> Due to Mifsud's alleged death, Mifsud was unavailable for comment after Papadopoulos was free to discuss his story with reporters.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/08/papadopoulos-discusses-halper-dossier/</ref> | On the same day Trump campaign volunteer [[George Papadopoulos]] was sentenced to ''14 days'' in jail, [[Democratic National Committee]] lawyers reported Mifsud was "presumed dead."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-07/dnc-lawyers-raise-prospect-papadopoulos-u-k-contact-may-be-dead</ref> Papadopoulos had been accused of colluding with Russia, meddling in U.S. elections, treason, and destroying American [[democracy]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html </ref> Mifsud posed as a Russian intelligence operative to entrap Papadopoulos for [[John Brennan]], [[James Comey]] and [[Peter Strzok]] to justify investigating [[Donald Trump]].<ref>https://spectator.org/crossfire-hurricane-category-5-political-espionage/</ref> Due to Mifsud's alleged death, Mifsud was unavailable for comment after Papadopoulos was free to discuss his story with reporters.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/08/papadopoulos-discusses-halper-dossier/</ref> |