An American academic with links to President Trump said Friday he was detained and questioned by FBI agents at Logan airport in Boston this week.
Ted Malloch, a regular contributor to the conspiracy theory outlet Infowars, told The Guardian that he was detained by the FBI after flying to Boston from London.
Malloch said the FBI asked him about his involvement in the Trump campaign, his relationship with former campaign adviser Roger Stone and if he had ever visited the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lives.
Stone has been accused of having advance knowledge of WikiLeaks hacking the Democratic National Committee’s emails before the emails were released.
Malloch was also issued a subpoena to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury on April 13. The news of his detention and questioning was first reported by InfoWars.
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Malloch once claimed to be Trump’s top pick for U.S. ambassador to the European Union, but The Wall Street Journal reported that he was never being considered. Malloch has been accused in the past of embellishing his biography and accused of making false statements to banks.
Malloch, a vocal critic of the EU, also has a close relationship with former leader of the U.K. Independence Party Nigel Farage, who frequently praises Trump and appeared with him on the campaign trail.
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Trump ally detained by FBI at airport, questioned about campaign involvement https://t.co/R9GbRtUZ40 pic.twitter.com/99uaYpSAli
— The Hill (@thehill) March 30, 2018
From a year ago, this is the guy who got detained at BOS today. Like Page and others, another guy who inflated his credentials to try and get a spot on the Island of Misfit Toys.https://t.co/M8vvjged0a via @financialtimes
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 30, 2018
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