Big, if true. . .

Professor Joesph Mifsud, one of the central figures to the entire Russia probe, reportedly hid in a safe house connected to the university he was working at in Rome for 7 months after he went missing in November 2017:

Top scoop from @lucianocapone: Mifsud reportedly stayed for 7 months in a flat in Rome when he went missing in Nov. 2017. The flat is linked to the Rome university where Mifsud was working https://t.co/B4YAjybtbN — Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) April 18, 2019

Western Intel operative Joseph Mifsud hiding in safe house during #Mueller probe… https://t.co/51hhjYO2aj — Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) April 18, 2019

Here’s the report:

#Mifsud il Professore al centro del Russiagate dopo la sparizione è stato per sette mesi in una palazzina romana. L’affitto? Lo pagava l’università preferita dal M5s, la Link Campus. E c’è anche una società in comune. Inchiesta di @lucianocapone https://t.co/3P9TS5C0pm — Il Foglio (@ilfoglio_it) April 18, 2019

Earlier reports suggested Mifsud had died:

DNC lawyers wrote in court filings that Joseph Mifsud, the London-based professor who told George Papadopoulos that Russia had 'dirt' on Hillary Clinton, "is missing and may be deceased," Bloomberg News reports. The lawyers did not elaborate. https://t.co/i1KJ70xdu6 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 8, 2018

He really has been the mystery man in all of this:

Exclusive story: This is Joseph Mifsud. He's the man at the center of the Trump-Russia probe. He allegedly told the Trump campaign that Russia had Hillary Clinton’s emails. Then, when the news broke, he vanished. https://t.co/5W9JlaIYTo pic.twitter.com/FfMsdhSLPL — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 27, 2018

George Papadopoulos has long argued that Mifsud set him up, so maybe we’ll soon get some answers on all of this:

Mueller report coming out Thursday, April 18. On that date in 2016, Professor Mifsud fatefully introduced Papadopoulos to a Russian academic who worked for a Kremlin-funded think tank, per court filings. Papadopoulos tried to use those ties to broker a Trump-Putin meeting. — Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 15, 2019

Marshall: come on, man. Even this filing has now been debunked. Mifsud was never a Russian agent. He was a western intel operative sent to entrap me and it’s all coming out now in the real investigation. — George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) April 15, 2019

I know that’s your view. Court filings only say Mifsud has “substantial connections to Russian government officials.” Perhaps there will be clarity in the Mueller report. At your sentencing, your lawyer said this about Mifsud: “my opinion is he was playing on behalf of Russia.” — Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 15, 2019

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