Mystery Maltese professor's mobile phones sought in US court
Two Blackberry devices used by Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese professor who helped kickstart the probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election, are in the possession of the US Justice Department, according to lawyers for President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
According to online media reports, Mr Flynn's lawyer Sidney Powell demanded that federal prosecutors turn over the two phones which “contained imperative information to the defence of her client”.
In a court filing on Tuesday, Ms Powell claimed the phones could contain specific information related to Western intelligence being “tasked against (Flynn) likely as early as 2014 to arrange – unbeknownst to him – ‘connections’ with certain Russians that they would then use against him in their false claims.”
In 2017, Mr Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Earlier in October, US Attorney General Bill Barr flew to Italy after asking the secret service to hand over any information they had about Prof. Mifsud, suspecting that he might have been operating as an Italian or British-run spy.
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