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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuardian: FBI questions Ted Malloch, Trump campaign figure and Farage Ally
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/30/fbi-questions-ted-malloch-trump-campaign-figure-and-farage-ally"A controversial London-based academic with close ties to Nigel Farage has been detained by the FBI upon arrival in the US and issued a subpoena to testify before Robert Mueller, the special counsel who is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
Ted Malloch, an American touted last year as a possible candidate to serve as US ambassador to the EU, said he was interrogated by the FBI at Bostons Logan airport on Wednesday following a flight from London and questioned about his involvement in the Trump campaign.
In a statement sent to the Guardian, Malloch, who described himself as a policy wonk and defender of Trump, said the FBI also asked him about his relationship with Roger Stone, the Republican strategist, and whether he had ever visited the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has resided for nearly six years.
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In a detailed statement about the experience, which he described as bewildering and intimidating at times, Malloch said the federal agents who stopped him and separated him from his wife seemed to know everything about me and warned him that lying to the FBI was a felony. In the statement Malloch denied having any Russia contacts."
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Guardian: FBI questions Ted Malloch, Trump campaign figure and Farage Ally (Original Post)
triron
Mar 2018
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sunonmars
(8,656 posts)1. Been waiting on this lying scumbag to get bagged
Hes another Gorka with a dodgy CV. Smells like a Russian asset
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. why, they seemed to know everything about me
Big hint to bewildered boy...that ain't the last visit you are gonna have. Remember that felony penalty for lying?
Methinks you might have tripped it.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Mueller Team Targets are just that,
targets,and when team Mueller hits them,bullseye,we have your conversations and your texts and btw,your e-mails for the last five years.
Bye bye Roger Stone,Sam numnuts,and others. Traitors are not held in high esteem at the Federal Lockup.
DeminPennswoods
(15,289 posts)6. The FBI agents knew the right answers, too, so
hope you were honest!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)4. He just got Papadopoulosed. nt
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. farage was sticking his nose in our election as well.
Almost forgot about that.