GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails

[MelissaB]

GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails

Source: BuzzFeed News
Peter W. Smith withdrew $4,900 in cash the day after he finalized a plan to work with “dark web” hackers.

In one of the most intriguing episodes of the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican activist Peter W. Smith launched an independent effort to obtain Hillary Clinton’s emails to help defeat her and elect Donald Trump. His quest, which reportedly brought him into contact with at least two sets of hackers that he himself believed were Russian, remains a key focus of investigations into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin.

Now, BuzzFeed News has reviewed documents showing that FBI agents and congressional investigators have zeroed in on transactions Smith made right as his effort to procure Clinton’s emails heated up. Just a day after he finished a report suggesting he was working with Trump campaign officials, for example, he transferred $9,500 from an account he had set up to fund the email project to his personal account, later taking out more than $4,900 in cash. According to a person with direct knowledge of Smith’s project, the Republican operative stated that he was prepared to pay hackers “many thousands of dollars” for Clinton’s emails — and ultimately did so.

Smith is dead, and his lawyer, former business partner, and wife did not respond to numerous requests for an interview. The White House did not immediately return a message seeking comment, but the president has frequently denied colluding with Russia and denounced Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe as a partisan witch hunt. Smith said in a press interview that he was not part of the Trump campaign and was working independently.

The money trail, made public here for the first time, sheds new light on Smith’s effort, in which he told people he was in touch with both Russians on the dark web and Trump campaign officials — particularly Michael Flynn, who was then a top advisor to the Trump campaign and later served as national security adviser before having to resign after misleading White House officials about his meetings with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

More: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/peter-w-smith-hillary-clinton-emails-trump-flynn-money

[Brother Buzz]

1. Some might suggest his suicide was "Suspicious", too

I'm just saying.

[Achilleaze]

2. "Smith is dead"

There you have it.

Newsweek thinks he was the KEY to the whole stinking republican-russian treason against America evil. Dead men tell no tales.

DOES THE CASE OF GOP 'DIRTY TRICKS' OPERATIVE PETER W. SMITH HOLD THE KEY TO THE ELECTION HACKING ALLEGATIONS?

https://www.newsweek.com/does-strange-case-gop-operative-peter-w-smith-hold-key-russia-probe-687614

[Mr. Ected]

3. Since Republicans like to project so much, maybe Peter Smith's death was the basis

Of the whole Seth Rich nonsense, cast upon Democrats, as these snakes are wont to do.