Ms. Turk went to London to help oversee the politically sensitive operation, working alongside a longtime informant, the Cambridge professor Stefan A. Halper. declined to comment, as did a lawyer for Mr. Halper, Robert D. Luskin. They are now under scrutiny as part of an investigation by Michael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department inspector general. It is unclear whether Mr. Horowitz will find fault with the F.B.I.’s decision to have Ms. Turk, whose real name is not publicly known, meet with Mr. Papadopoulos. Mr. Horowitz has focused among other things on the activities of Mr. Halper, who accompanied Ms. Turk in one of her meetings with Mr. Papadopoulos and also met with him and other campaign aides separately.

Source: New York Times May 02, 2019 17:03 UTC