in World News Here Are the Questions Republican Lawmakers Should Ask Robert Mueller During His Testimony Before Congress
Guest post by Techno Fog
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that an agreement has been reached for Robert Mueller to testify before Congress.
The House Dems are reportedly in direct contact with Mueller’s team about his testimony and want a May 15 hearing, however, nothing has been finalized.
Here are the questions Republican lawmakers should ask Robert Mueller about his investigation and final report:
Initiation of the FBI Investigation
Your report states that the FBI opened its investigation of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign in late July 2016.
Had any governmental agency or US government-affiliated individual – whether the FBI, CIA, DIA, or any other agency – investigated, or requested the initiation of an investigation, of potential coordination/collusion between the Campaign and Russia before then?
Trump Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor George Papadopoulos
Your report notes that “on May 6, 2016, 10 days after that meeting with Mifsud, Papadopoulos suggested to a representative of a foreign government that it could assist the Campaign through the
anonymous release of information that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton.” The individual Papadopoulos spoke with on May 6, 2016 was Erika Thompson, who worked for Alexander Downer.
Did the US, or anyone acting on behalf of the US, request that the Australians make contact with Papadopoulos?
Did your team interview Erika Thompson?
Why did Thompson reach out to Papadopoulos?
Reports during the last two years stated that Papadopoulos made this statement during his May 10, 2016 meeting with Downer. Was that conversation recorded? If so, what does the transcript say?
The report states in footnote 465 that “the foreign government conveyed this information [discussed on the May 6, 2016].” Which foreign government was that, and to whom was this information conveyed?
You mention when the foreign government “conveyed” the information. But when did the US find out about the May 6, 2016 conversation?
And when did it find out about the May 10, 2016 meeting with Downer?
Who in the foreign government reported the meeting with Thompson?
Why did the Special Counsel’s Office investigate whether George Papadopoulos acted as an agent of Israel?
Your report cites many email exchanges Papadopoulos had in September of 2016, yet it omits his emails between honeypot “Azra Turk” who was an FBI investigator posing as Stefan Halper’s assistant. Why didn’t you include these email exchanges in the footnotes?