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| ('theepochtimes.com/downer-denies-meeting-supposed-to-launch-fbis-russia-probe-was-a-set-up_2920898.html', 62)                   | The report portrays Mifsud as a Russian cut-out , but ignores his >>>extensive ties to high-level Western politicians and government officials<<< , including many tied to national security and intelligence .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/fbi-more-interested-in-getting-trump-than-russians-court-documents-show_2641323.html', 29)                   | The key appears to be that Mifsud did n't have particularly high-profile contacts in Russia , as The Epoch Times >>>previously reported<<< , and apparently misled Papadopoulos into believing he did .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/intelligence-sources-run-damage-control-on-joseph-mifsuds-ties-to-western-intelligence_2988664.html', 10)    | Some Republican lawmakers have questioned how Mifsud , a man with supposedly deep and nefarious ties to Russia , had >>>apparently mingled for years<<< with Western politicians and high-ranking security and intelligence officials .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/judge-denies-motion-by-papadopoulos-to-delay-prison-sentence_2723583.html', 18)                              | Open-source research indicates that Mifsud has >>>extensive ties to Western intelligence<<< , rather than Russia .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/lawmakers-doubt-basis-of-russia-collusion-probe-after-papadopoulos-testimony_2700560.html', 20)              | Mueller alleged that Mifsud had extensive ties to Russia , but >>>voluminous public evidence<<< shows that Mifsud instead had extensive ties to Western intelligence .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/media-narrative-on-joseph-mifsud-shifts-as-barr-investigates_3107644.html', 44)                              | Mifsud resigned from UOM in 2007 and ignored repeated inquiries into why he opened bank accounts in the university 's name that " appear to have been used to receive sponsorships and funds in aid of academic projects for the University and spent without the normal scrutiny of the University , " >>>sources told Manuel Delia<<< , a veteran official under two prime ministers of Malta .                                                                                    |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/mifsuds-lawyer-client-in-italy-until-mueller-report-drop-now-in-hiding-again_3105399.html', 15)              | Mifsud held positions at several entities in London and Rome and in those capacities frequently rubbed shoulders with people in the Western political , diplomatic , security , and even counterterrorism circles , including with former Italian Interior Minister Vincenzo Scotti , former Vice President of the European Parliament >>>Gianni Pittella<<< , and former British prosecutor Arvinder Sambei , who used to work with the FBI on counterterrorism extradition cases . |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/mifsuds-lawyer-confirms-some-denies-other-russian-connections_3068512.html', 40)                             | Roh and Klishin met in December 2016 at a conference in Rome hosted by Link Campus University , >>>an institution headed by Scotti<<< and a mingling place for Western intelligence and security officials and experts .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/mifsuds-lawyer-former-italian-minister-nudged-mifsud-to-introduce-trumps-aide-to-russians_3051189.html', 54) | The Renaissance manor that Link took as its campus became a >>>mingling place for Western intelligence and security officials<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/mueller-report-left-out-italian-ex-minister-tied-to-mifsuds-russia-contact_3052802.html', 31)                | He headed the Euro-Mediterranean University for several years , where Link >>>ran a master 's and a post-grad course<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/papadopoulos-case-ends-in-2-week-sentence_2656154.html', 83)                                                 | While Mifsud has been portrayed in the media as a shadowy figure , >>>most of his background<<< connects to a single point — the Link Campus .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/papadopoulos-disputes-key-claim-in-mueller-report_2890361.html', 58)                                         | As >>>The Epoch Times previously reported<<< , Mifsud 's contacts in Russia were shallow compared to his extensive ties to western politicians , intelligence officials , and national security officials through the Link Campus University in Rome , where he lectured and also acted as a recruiter of foreign students .                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/spygate-the-true-story-of-collusion_2684629.html', 448)                                                      | Many of these efforts appear to center around Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and involve London-based professor Joseph Mifsud , who has >>>ties to<<< Western intelligence , particularly in the UK .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/the-uk-and-australia-have-reason-to-be-concerned-about-declassification_2671461.html', 36)                   | It appears that Mifsud and Smith >>>knew<<< each other for a number of years .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('theepochtimes.com/trump-nudges-fbi-justice-department-over-documents-owed-to-congress_2573051.html', 37)                       | Moreover , the man who was supposed to tell Papadopoulos about the " dirt " on Clinton had >>>extensive ties<<< to Western intelligence .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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