Professor accused of being the link between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin "missing and possibly dead"

A professor who allegedly proposed "dirt" to Hillary Clinton as part of the Trump campaign on behalf of the Kremlin is "absent and possibly dead," according to court documents.

Joseph Mifsud, 57, who worked at Stirling University until last year, is accused of being a link between the US president's election campaign and Russia.

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Last week, the Maltese-born scholar was quoted in court papers in New York by the Democratic National Committee as part of his trial over allegations of interference in the 2016 race.

However, the documents revealed that Mifsud was the only one accused of not receiving notification of the complaint because he "was missing and could have died".

Others in the case include Russia, the Trump campaign and the Wikileaks denunciation organization.

The Ukrainian fiancé of Mifsud, who gave birth to his daughter earlier this year, would not have heard of him for months.

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The professor previously denied being a Russian asset saying: "Secret agent! I have never received a penny from the Russians. My conscience is clean.

Federal indictments allege that Mifsud proposed to use his "substantial relations with Russian government officials" to provide information about Democratic candidate Clinton to the Trump team.

In 2007, the academic left his job at the University of Malta after being accused of falsifying expenses in the amount of £ 34,320.

Last week, 31-year-old George Papadopoulos, who allegedly offered to smear Clinton by Mifsud, was jailed for 14 days for lying to the FBI during his investigation of electoral interference.

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Papadopoulos was a foreign policy advisor for the US President's campaign.

He was the first to plead guilty in Mueller's investigation and is now the first Trump counselor to be sentenced.

His case was also the first to detail a member of the Trump campaign aware of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections while underway.

According to an indictment released this summer, Russian spies stole emails from the Clinton campaign in April 2016.

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