US EditionNewly declassified FBI memos detail concerns, payments to Russia collusion informant
- Newly declassified FBI documents reveal that informant Stefan Halper was paid nearly $1.2 million over three decades, partially due to monetary compensation.
- The FBI deemed Halper's claims about former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn as not plausible and not accurate, yet continued to utilize him as an informant during ongoing investigations.
- Concerns about the FBI's management of informants have been raised, particularly as a report concluded that the FBI did not comply with its own policies for managing long-term confidential human sources.
- The FBI's Validation Management Unit showed continuous trust in Halper despite finding his allegations inaccurate and lacking corroboration.
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Newly Declassified FBI Memos Detail Concerns, Payments to Russia Collusion Informant - The Pennsylvania Daily Star
A key FBI informant in the widely-debunked Russia collusion case was paid nearly $1.2 million over three decades, was motivated in part by "monetary compensation," and continued snitching even after agents concluded he told them an inaccurate story about future Trump National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, newly declassified documents show. The nearly 700 pages of once-secret documents, obtained by Just the News, were recently turned over by FBI D…
Newly released FBI memos raise questions over informant payments - Conservative Journal Review
Newly declassified documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reveal that Stefan Halper, a key figure in the Russia collusion investigation, received nearly $1.2 million over three decades despite offering unreliable information, and this revelation comes amid ongoing scrutiny of the FBI's handling of confidential human sources in politically sensitive investigations initiated during Donald Trump's presidency. Halper, who was an in…
Declassified Documents Reveal FBI Russia Collusion Informant Stefan Halper Received Nearly $1.2 Million Over 30 Years, Motivated Partly by ‘Monetary Compensation’
A key FBI informant in the widely-debunked Russia collusion case was paid nearly $1.2 million over three decades, was motivated in part by “monetary compensation.” Just the News reports it has obtained nearly 700 pages of once-secret documents that were recently turned over by FBI Director Kash Patel to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan after President Donald Trump ordered them declassified at the start of his second administration. …
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