Professor named in Russia disclosures says he has 'clean conscience'
Joseph Mifsud
Joseph Mifsud   who joined the faculty of the University of Stirling earlier this year  was not named in the court documents.  He  confirmed  his  identity to the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday  stressing that "I have a clear conscience."
The University of Stirling said in an emailed statement that  Mifsud  joined  its  politics department in May 2017 as a "full-time professorial teaching fellow."
 Mifsud  told the Telegraph that  he  knew nothing about emails containing "dirt" on Clinton  calling the allegations upsetting and "incredible."  He  also dismissed the disclosure that  he  introduced Papadopoulos to a "female Russian national " calling the allegation a "laughing stock."
 Mifsud  told the newspaper that  he  introduced Papadopoulos to the director of a Russian think tank to help him better grasp Russian foreign policy and that he tried to set up meetings with experts on the European Union.
"We are academics "  Mifsud  told the paper. "We work closely with everybody."
In emails with The Washington Post in August   Mifsud  said that  he  had "absolutely no contact" with the Russian government. "I am an academic  I do not even speak Russian "  he  wrote.
 He  said that Papadopoulos "was introduced to  me  in a visit to a project in Rome by the London Centre of International Law Practice in which we discussed track two diplomacy with a number of countries including the Russian Federation. The only link that was offered vis-à-vis Russia was with RIAC " or the Russian International Affairs Council  a Russian think tank.
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The University of Stirling said in an emailed statement that  Mifsud  joined  its  politics department in May 2017 as a "full-time professorial teaching fellow."
 Mifsud  told the Telegraph that  he  knew nothing about emails containing "dirt" on Clinton  calling the allegations upsetting and "incredible."  He  also dismissed the disclosure that  he  introduced Papadopoulos to a "female Russian national " calling the allegation a "laughing stock."
 Mifsud  told the newspaper that  he  introduced Papadopoulos to the director of a Russian think tank to help him better grasp Russian foreign policy and that he tried to set up meetings with experts on the European Union.
"We are academics "  Mifsud  told the paper. "We work closely with everybody."
In emails with The Washington Post in August   Mifsud  said that  he  had "absolutely no contact" with the Russian government. "I am an academic  I do not even speak Russian "  he  wrote.
 He  said that Papadopoulos "was introduced to  me  in a visit to a project in Rome by the London Centre of International Law Practice in which we discussed track two diplomacy with a number of countries including the Russian Federation. The only link that was offered vis-à-vis Russia was with RIAC " or the Russian International Affairs Council  a Russian think tank.