But the 27-page judgment gave few clues as to Mifsud’s current whereabouts, which have been the subject of increasingly intense — and outlandish — speculation. It details fruitless attempts by Italian authorities to find Mifsud at an apartment in Rome, his former campus and in London. Declassified memos authored by U.S. lawmakers show that it was this meeting that eventually triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into potential co-ordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. But while Papadopolous and others have hit the media circuit to defend themselves in the court of public opinion, Mifsud has gone to ground. But if Mifsud had shown up in court, he might have saved himself some money: his two co-defendants got off on a technicality.

Source: National Post September 12, 2018 09:43 UTC