Congressman scott perry. Are we going to find out what the crime might have been . I think half of america is waiting for about three years now to see what the beginning of this russia scheme or hoax was. And i think there is a good chance the attorney general and durham are headed in that direction. What actually started this whole thing to begin with. Trish what do you think rome had to do with it, if anything . I think this thing happened not only domestically. But there were connections overseas, whether it was the u. K. , australia, russia or ukraine. So i think the attorney jones is just following the leads and the evidence to where it takes him. And hes putting the pieces together. I think thats why you see such consternation coming out of the far left and of course adam schiff and company about whats happening. Jerry nadler and adam schiff are not happy this evening. Trish first im probing sort of what this what this is. Why did general bar make the decision to make this a criminal probe . One of the things that has been discussed at length on this show and others is exactly why there was a fisa warrants on an innocent american, to spy on an innocents american, carter page. They were using some rather shoddy intelligence, if you ask me. If you can calm it intelligence. Dont forget the steele dossier that was bought and paid for by the opposition in this case, hillary clinton. So you had Christopher Steele former british spy calling all his buddies in russia. You have to look at the information gathered overseas on this round. And putting together a socalled dossier. It seems the fbi thought was credible enough to actually spy on members of the campaign. And thats hugely troubling in so many ways. And for the governments we are in the democracy and the system we are. Thats exactly right. It would appear that some at the top of the fbi collaborated to make up the evidence so to speak, and then sought to investigate as legitimate intelligence. I think thats where bar and durham i think i also think its interesting that its opened up as a criminal case before talking to brennan, comey, clapper, et cetera. Who has the attorney general been talking to . When he brings those folks in what kind of information is going to be verified. Those folks i think would be very concerned this evening. Trish im sure there are a lot of democrats who are really nervous. This is not going to play so well for them. They are trying to say this is political. You have adam schiff and jerry nadler saying this probe is a vehicle for president trumps political revenge. Of course, they have no idea what the crime is that potentially was committed. The attorney general has something enough to say we need to launch this as a criminal probe. Wouldnt you want to sit back and say let me wait and hear what he has . Right. We dont know that its political. None of us know what he has. I would remind everybody. It wasnt political in their eyes when, mueller was spending 30 million and hundreds of subpoenas and witnesses and all that time to investigate president trump. That wasnt political with but some how immediately without knowing what the potential charges may be about who, this is political. We know they will seek to discredit the attorney general and this investigation. And i would say transparency across the board is the answer to all this stuff. Then we dont have to speculate on whether its political or not. I am troubled with nancy pelosi not taking that vote. Get it all out there in the open. If you are going to undermine the will of the American Voters let them know what you are doing and vice versa. With attorney general barr and this investigation, let us here it. Hear it. Bring it on. Most of of the members of congress have no idea whats happening down at the scif. They cant hear it and they cant read it, and they have to go home to their bosses, their constituents, they haver ask them questions they ask them questions and they dont have answers. It says the Congress Shall impeach the president , members of congress. Trish you look at bill clinton and richard nixon. There was a vote that took place and formal inquiry. This is a whole other can of worms entirely. It makes sense to me. As soon as it crossed last night, i thought wait for it. You know they are going to say its political. But we dont know what attorney general barr is suspecting happened. It would be prudent of everybody to at least wait for that. But, you know. They dont want to hear what the attorney general has to say, but they want to talk about this whistleblower. Why is one person allowed to anonymously accuse the president and start an impeachment hearing . Where is the transparency there . Trish an investigation into the possible corruption leading to the russia probe. My next guest might have some clues as to what in fact kicked off the original investigation. Former trump 2016 campaign advisor, George Papadopoulos believes the feds were trying to frame him and set him up. Hesnl next. Granted. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. When i lost my sight, my biggest fear was losing my independence. Mmm. Good. So ive spent my life developing technology to help the visually impaired. We are so good. We built a guide that uses ibm watson. To help the blind. It is already working in cities like tokyo. My dream is to help millions more people like me. Wiyou can see relationships. Y, it is already working in cities like tokyo. Connections. Patterns. You can see what others cant. Doctor bob, what should i take for back pain . Before you take anything, i recommend applying topical relievers first. 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I want to start at the beginning. You have an interesting and in some ways alarming story. I know you think this was a bit of a setup and well get to your reasons why. March 2016. You join the trump team as a Foreign Policy advisor. Shortly thereafter you met with this professor from malta, mr. Mifsud. How did that all happen . So, you are right, in march of 2016 i joined Donald Trumps campaign after i finished work on ben carsons campaign. In between i worked at a Company Called the london seasonture for law practice its operated by people connected to either western governments, western Intelligence Services or those type of individuals. And i notified them after about a month that look im going to be joining the donald Trump Campaign. They became furious and said why would you be leading donald trump, jr. donaldtrump,donaldtt. They said before you go we need to introduce you to somebody. I think this is what barr and durham are look into. A woman who he later found out was connecting u. K. Officials to bruce ohr, and also had a professional working relationship with bob mueller after 9 11, was the one who told me, why dont you go to rome with the company to this university where we are going to introduce you to many people there who can help you on the donald Trump Campaign. None of these people were russian. Most of of these people were highlevel lawyers or connected to western governments, so i didnt think there was anything suspicious. I go to rome. Trish okay. Then i go to rome to this place called link campus which is currently under investigation by both italian Intelligence Services, the Italian Government and william barr and john durham. Is this Joseph Mifsud, the picture you are looking at . This is the guy you met . Yes. So i meet Joseph Mifsud in rome. After im introduced to him by the Italian Foreign minister. Before my name is public in the Washington Post im being chaperoned in rome by the Italian Foreign minister to meet this video receive mifsud. Later in london on april 26 after i had been probed by the Australian Government, the British Government and the u. S. Embassy, he decide to drop this information unsolicited in my lapover brunch at a five star brunch in london. That they have information on hillary clinton. I never asked for this information. Trish you have been set up by this meeting with him by someone you said was connected to bruce ohr, which fusion gps, nelly, his wife was connected to fusion gps. This maltese professor says i can connect you with Hillary Clintons emails . Did he have an accent in was he russian or british . Was he born in malta . He never offered me anything. There was a misunderstanding he was offering something. There was no connection whatsoever to russia. He was clearly some sort of operative. Was there to simply dangle or try and sabotage me and by extension the campaign with false information. Simply over brunch at a london hotel he tells me hey, george, do you know the russians have Hillary Clintons emails . The issue is this individual was promising to introduce myself and others on the campaign to various leaders around the world. He said i know people at the state department in brussels, the european parliament, the vietnamese prime minister. You hear a lot of gossip about so many Different Things in political circles. So when he told mow this information i didnt know what to do with it. I basically absorbed it. I never told anybody on the campaign. After this meeting with him thats when things became strange in london. The british minister of Foreign Affairs reached out to me. Gregory barrack and terrance dudley. Im not sure where they fit into all of this. They randomly contact me and decide they want to take me out to drinks shortly after mifsud tells me he has this information. Then the australian comes a few days later. The situation i found myself in march to the beginning much, mucd thebeginning of may 201. For people hike clapper, brennan and comey and highlevel officials at the obama white house, it looks like all these individuals were connected to the west and no russians. I guess thats what william barr went to rome to find out what was going on. Trish did the maltese professor, Joseph Mifsud, did he have an accent in did he speak with a russian or british accent . He had no russian accent. My understanding is hes italian. Hes ethnically italian but was raised in malta. A very murky, shadowy player showing up in many strange places. Apparently according to Michael Flynns lawyer, Sidney Powell who just filed a very interesting motion last week, Joseph Mifsud was targeting Michael Flynn as well as we three months before he targeted me in rome. The coincidences are eerie. I dont think its happenstance that mifsud was involved in Michael Flynns case. And well probably understand who actually told him to meet with me in 2016. Trish we have George Papadopoulos here on the show tonight. And we are going to be back with a lot more on this. Heartache, brutality and redemption. The mist crept into the pivot hole beside her. Youre late. David what did you think of the book . Its a. Masterstroke of. Heartache. Brutality. And redemption. You didnt read it, did you . I didnt. But i will. The lexus nx, modern utility for modern obstacles. Lease the 2020 nx 300 for 349 month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. 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Trish they told you they were australian intelligence. No, they dont. This is something you learn much later on. Hindsight is 2020. I wish i had it back then. Trish who did they say they were . Representatives of the Australian Embassy. You think they are u. S. Allies. Trish what did they want from you . Exactly. They go to tell me that donald trump we believe in australia is a pariah. He should not be supporting the Transpacific Partnership and his positions regard russia and other matters are a threat to International Peace and security. So clearly the australians have a vested interest in the Transpacific Partnership. When i met with Alexander Downer i was hearing why the America First agenda was an anathema to what these governments wanted. When donald trump was talking about protectionist measures, being tough on china. Advocating from the u. S. Position on the tpp and renegotiating International Trade deals, there was i think a concerted effort by these foreign governments who did have these interests to deck the cards against him and hopefully predict a clinton victory. So like i said trish they were trying to lobby you in some way, shape or form. You are the Foreign Policy advisor. So they are saying these are the things important to us and they thought you would somehow convey that to him . I assume so. It wasnt just the australians. Another government thats clearly under investigation, the British Government, they were hard line against Donald Trumps brexit approach. So when i would meet with those officials when they are terrified about that. Trish you were a popular guy. London was a very strange city. London was definitely a strange city for me in 016. Trish i have heard that in terms of the intel communities it can be extremely strange. You have all these people reaching out to you. Where does it take the turn where you think they were trying to set you up . There is a very interesting moment in my i guess part of this saga. Approximately one year ago i was one of four witnesses invited to testify to the House Oversight committee in front of congressman mark meadows and john ratcliffe. The other three witnesses were jim comey, and loretta lynch. When i went to testify behind closed doors before these prominent members of congress. It was clear there was a lot at least some sort of surveillance going on our me in london. The key question is was that based on facts and a legal basis or was there something more insidious going on here. In my opinion, and i think my testimony for anybody who is interested, they can google it its public now, will see i actually notified authorities my meetings with these people including the Australian Government because of how bizarre they are. I thought they were up to something they shouldnt have been doing and they were o