Late GOP activist who sought Clinton E mails had ties to Flynn

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/410815-late-gop-operative-who-sought-clinton-emails-had-ties-to-flynn-report?amp

A veteran Republican activist who attempted to find Hillary Clinton's emails stolen by hackers had ties with Gen. Michael Flynn, a relationship that may have played a direct role in his quest, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Sources told the Journal that Peter Smith had a professional relationship with Flynn as early as 2015, when the two had a meeting just after Flynn left his position at the top of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

In an email the Journal reviewed, a former associate of Smith's, Joe Szobocsan, wrote to a friend last week, "As you are aware Peter started a business relationship with Gen. Mike Flynn in November 2015. We spoke with him on the day he left for his trip to Moscow."

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As he tried to chase down Clinton's emails, Smith came in contact with a number of hackers, including two groups Smith said were Russians.

Smith died in what authorities ruled to be a suicide shortly after speaking with the Journal regarding his search. His death came weeks after he told friends he thought he had found the emails, sources told the paper.

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