One of the heretofore unanswered questions of Donald Trump's presidency is what, exactly, caused the FBI to open an investigation into the Trump campaign and possible Russian attempts to influence the election in July 2016. Trump and others have claimed it was in response to a dossier put together by a former British spy. That now appears not to be the case.
A New York Times report appears to place the blame for the investigation, which is now being run by special counsel Robert Mueller, on former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, an Australian diplomat, and copious amounts of alcohol. After being made an adviser, the Timesreports Papadopoulos was told by Moscow that it was in possession of thousands of apparently stolen emails embarrassing to the Clinton campaign.
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