FBI
Di ecto
Kash
Patel
is
scheduled
to
visit
Russia
i
mid-Octobe .
FBI
di ecto
Kash
Patel
is
pla i g
to
visit
Russia
i
mid-Octobe
at
a
time
whe
Washi gto
a d
Moscow
co ti ue
to
be
at
odds
ove
the
wa
i
Uk ai e,
Politico
epo ted,
calli g
a y
such
pla ed
visit
f om
the
FBi
chief
as
“u usual
a d
se sitive”.
Patel
has
a
histo y
of
i volveme t
i
co t ove sial
Russia- elated
matte s
dati g
to
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
fi st
te m,
i cludi g
t yi g
to
cast
doubt
o
i vestigatio s
i to
whethe
T ump
colluded
with
Russia
to
help
him
wi
the
2016
electio
a d
Patel
also
is
developi g
a
t ack
eco d
of
taki g
eye-catchi g
t ips
i
his
ole
atop
the
FBI,
d awi g
sc uti y
f om
Co g ess,
the
epo t
said.Reacti g
to
the
ews,
a
K emli -f ie dly
ewspape
Moskovsky
Komsomolets
said
the
FBi
di ecto
bette
ot
come
empty-ha ded
if
he
is
comi g
to
ask
a
favo .
“It’s
assumed
that
Russia
has
some
ki d
of
di t
o
the
Democ ats,
a d
we
could
p ovide
it,
i
o e
fo m
o
a othe ,
to
the
Ame ica
side,”
Vladimi
Vasiliev
of
the
Russia
Academy
of
Scie ces’
A batov
I stitute
fo
U.S.
a d
Ca adia
Studies
told
the
ewspape ,
speculati g
o
the
possible
easo s
fo
Patel’s
visit.Vasiliev
wo ks
closely
with
the
Russia
I te atio al
Affai s
Cou cil,
ove see
by
P eside t
Vladimi
Puti ’s
top
diplomat,
Se gei
Lav ov,
as
the
chai ma
of
the
boa d.
“At
the
same
time,
the
Ame ica s
might
also
have
somethi g
to
sha e,
seei g
as
the
Russia
side
could
ask,
‘What
do
we
get
i
etu ?
o
i qui e,
‘What
do
you
have
to
say
about
this
o
that
issue?’”
he
asked.
What
we
k ow
about
Kash
Patel’s
pla ed
Russia
visit
Politico
cited
US
officials
familia
with
Patel’s
t avel
pla s
a d
co fi med
that
Patel
is
scheduled
to
visit
Russia
o
Oct.
14-15,
fi st
stoppi g
i
Moscow
a d
the
St
Pete sbu g.Patel’s
host
is
likely
to
be
the
FSB,
the
Russia
secu ity
se vice
that
is
hei
to
the
Soviet-e a
KGB.It’s
ot
clea
if
Patel
will
meet
with
Russia
leade
Vladimi
Puti
o
a y
of
his
se io
political
aides.
Also
u clea
is
what
is
o
his
age da
fo
discussio .Robe t
Muelle
was
the
last
FBI
di ecto
k ow
to
have
visited
Russia,
i
2013.
Muelle
was
late
appoi ted
as
a
special
cou sel
to
i vestigate
ties
betwee
the
2016
T ump
p eside tial
campaig
a d
Russia,
as
well
as
b oade
Russia
effo ts
to
i te fe e
i
US
electio s.
