Tag: George Papadopoulos

The New York Times reports that two months before the 2016 presidential election Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos sat down with an undercover investigator for the FBI who was trying to probe whether the Trump campaign was working with Russia.…

“The witch-hunt is over,” Papadopoulos said. Declassification of surveillance material is paramount.” Alexander Downer's secret meeting with FBI led to Trump-Russia inquiry – report Read more Papadopoulos was one of Mueller’s first prosecutions. The 31-year-old from Chicago pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced to 14 days’ prison for lying to the FBI about his contact with Russian nationals and Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud. Downer, in an interview with The Australian newspaper last year, claimed Papadopoulos had told him Russia might use “damaging” material they had on Trump presidential rival Hillary Clinton in the lead-up to the election. Downer said he passed the information back to Canberra “the following day or a day or two”. Papadopoulos’s book, Deep State Target, will be released on Tuesday and details his account of dealings with Downer, Thompson, Trump and others. In September last year Trump wrote on Twitter “key allies” had asked him not to release classified FBI documents related to the probe into Russian influence. “While the (Mueller) report is likely mired in classified material, and most will likely never be revealed to the public, I do hope what is public is what Alexander Downer’s and Erika Thompson’s roles were and why Downer has become so protected,” Papadopoulos said. Downer, Thompson and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was contacted for comment on Papadopoulos’s claims. Downer has previously shrugged off Papadopoulos’s spying accusation, telling BBC radio last year: “I’m not going to get into these sort of allegations.”

Four lawyers with first-hand knowledge of the Russia probe join anchor Ari Melber for an unusual interview detailing the lengths Mueller’s team went to maintain secrecy and even “intimidate” witnesses. The joint interview includes lawyers for witnesses who cooperated, like…

Four lawyers with first-hand knowledge of the Russia probe join anchor Ari Melber for an unusual interview detailing the lengths Mueller’s team went to maintain secrecy and even “intimidate” witnesses. The joint interview includes lawyers for witnesses who cooperated, like…

Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos reported to a federal prison in Oxford, Wisconsin, Monday after a federal judge rejected his last-minute bid to delay his two-week sentence. Papadopoulos was sentenced in September for lying to the FBI in the Russia investigation. But in a 13-page opinion Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss said Papadopoulos waited too long to contest his sentence. Moss noted that Papadopoulos agreed not to appeal in most circumstances as part of his plea agreement, and the judge said the challenge to Mueller's appointment was unlikely to be successful in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Papadopoulos had filed an initial motion on Nov. 16, nearly two months after the deadline for appealing his conviction or sentence. He followed up with a request to delay his sentence pending that motion on Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving. In recent months, he has spent many nights posting on Twitter, as has his wife, venting anger about the FBI and insisting he was framed by the government. He also has offered to testify before the Senate's intelligence committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, if he's granted immunity or other conditions. His lawyer argued that the appellate case could constitute new evidence that could allow him to mount a challenge. Papadopoulos, the first Trump campaign aide sentenced in Mueller's investigation, triggered the initial Russia investigation two years ago.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Robert Mueller’s announcement that he would be offering Cyber Monday plea deals touched off hysteria among disgraced Trump associates desperate for the chance to score a drastically reduced sentence. Moments after the office of the special counsel went live with its Cyber Monday Web site, Sing4Bob.com, thousands of Trump cronies flooded it with traffic, causing the site to briefly crash. Harland Dorrinson, the member of Mueller’s team who masterminded the Cyber Monday sale, said that the special counsel was offering a limited number of “prison doorbusters,” with sentences up to seventy-five per cent off. “I’m not surprised that people are going crazy for these bargains,” Dorrinson said. “Otherwise, you could go to trial and face one of those Obama judges.” He said that Mueller’s Cyber Monday sale was benefitting from a piece of fortuitous timing, since it was being held on the same day that the former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos was scheduled to report to prison for a two-week sentence. “Everyone who goes on the site is looking for a Papadopoulos special,” he said. “Those were all gone in the first five minutes.”

Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos speaks out after his closed-door interview with Congress on the Russia probe: 'There's been tremendous misconduct,' he tells 'Fox & Friends.' FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering…

Former Trump campaign adviser meets with joint House panel to answer questions about Russia and the 2016 campaign. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news.…

The Hill's John Solomon reports that the FBI omitted Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos' denial of Russian collusion in their FISA warrant application. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well…

On 'Hannity,' former Trump campaign aide George Papadapoulos and his wife share their experience with the Mueller probe on 'Hannity'. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and…