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Papadopoulos' guilty plea is much bigger problem for Trump than the Manafort indictment - CNNPolitics
It appears that Papadoupolos was flipped and took a guilty plea several weeks before news of his indictment was released today.
Some folks on Team Trump are probably sweating bullets right now wondering what he turned over to Mueller in return for the plea bargain.
Statement from Papadopoulos attorney unlikely to relieve their anxiety:
"In truth and in fact, however, and as set forth above, defendant PAPADOPOULOS met the Professor for the first time on or about March 14, 2016, after defendant PAPADOPOULOS had already learned he would be a foreign policy advisor for the Campaign; the Professor showed interest in defendant PAPADOPOULOS only after learning of his role on the Campaign; and the Professor told defendant PAPADOPOULOS about the Russians possessing" dirt" on then-candidate Clinton in late April 2016, more than a month after defendant PAPADOPOULOS had joined the Campaign."
So, Papadopoulos copped to lying to the FBI about the timing of his contacts with Russians. In his initial interview in January 2016, Papadopoulos was insistent that he had reached out to his foreign contact "The Professor" (amazing!) before he had formally joined the Trump presidential campaign. He was arrested in July, pleaded guilty in October and appears to have been cooperating in between.
It appears that Papadoupolos was flipped and took a guilty plea several weeks before news of his indictment was released today.
Some folks on Team Trump are probably sweating bullets right now wondering what he turned over to Mueller in return for the plea bargain.
Statement from Papadopoulos attorney unlikely to relieve their anxiety:
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