Politico reports:
George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign aide whose overseas interactions set in motion a series of events that triggered the FBI’s Russia investigation in 2016, is slated to interview with House investigators on Oct. 25, his lawyer Caroline Polisi confirmed Friday.
The voluntary interview, part of a GOP-driven investigation into the FBI’s handling of the Russia probe, will come less than two weeks before the midterm elections and is likely to provide more fodder for Republicans who have accused former officials at the bureau of letting anti-Trump sentiment fuel the investigation. The probe is being led by a task force run by Republican leaders of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.
Papadopoulos and his wife, Simona Mangiante, have raised increasingly pointed questions about whether encounters with suspect figures overseas as well as an outed FBI source suggest a Western conspiracy to entrap him and implicate the Trump campaign.
Looks like Australian media beat out the US to this massive story/scandal. Here is “Russian agent”, Joseph Mifsud, (the professor) pictured with Claire Smith. She is a senior member of the UK committee on intelligence. Overseeing British spy operations. pic.twitter.com/h7qUT7eAF4
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) October 12, 2018
The attempt to discredit my wife and I before my testimony on capitol hill has reached a fever pitch. Someone is nervous. I think America was smart enough to realize that someone who has never knowingly met a Russian official in their life never could have colluded. Fake news.
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) October 12, 2018