George Papadopoulos, A Trump foreign policy advisor, had been indicted and pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts. Chief WaPo's story on Papadopoulos contains this gem:
Asked about the indictments on Monday evening in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “We don’t know what the charges are.” After being sent a copy of the indictments, he responded, “My office hours are over!”
Asked about the indictments on Monday evening in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “We don’t know what the charges are.” After being sent a copy of the indictments, he responded, “My office hours are over!”
Lol. Only a Rooski. More from Trump's_Big_Fat_Greek_Headache
The court papers show that while he was serving as an adviser to the campaign, Papadopoulos met a Russian woman he believed was a niece of Putin and with whom he communicated about setting up a meeting between Trump campaign officials and Russian officials.
According to court filings, Trump was aware of Papadopoulos’s claims that he had pipeline to Moscow: During a March 2016 meeting in Washington of the campaign’s national security advisers, Papadopoulos said he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between the then-candidate and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At one point, he offered to set up a meeting directly between Trump and Putin.
In response, one high-ranking campaign official emailed another official Papadopoulos’s offer, adding, “We need someone to communicate that [Trump] is not doing these trips. It should be someone low level in the campaign so as not to send any signal.”
Email "so as not to send any signal"! Excellent strategy, "high-ranking campaign official," truly excellent strategy. Did you remember to cc Mueller?
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Trump identified Papadopoulos as one of his advisers in a March 2016 meeting with The Washington Post editorial board, during which the then-GOP candidate described Papadopoulos as “an energy consultant. Excellent guy.”
Papadopoulos emailed campaign officials about her offer [to arrange a meeting with Trump campaign Chairman Vladimir Putin]. A supervisor, who is not named, wrote back, “Great work.”
Great work, Papadupeoulos!
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At the time Trump identified Papadopoulos as an adviser [he] was rising in the field of Republican presidential candidates and his campaign was eager to show it had credible voices offering advice on foreign policy. On the same day, Trump also announced he was being advised by Carter Page, another energy consultant whose ties to Russia have been under scrutiny.
Another "Excellent guy," Carter Page, truly "Excellent." Great work, Clown!
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Throughout the summer, Papadopoulos met with foreign officials and gave interviews to media in other countries...He also criticized U.S. sanctions on Russia in an interview with the Russian news outlet Interfax.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaign-adviser-pleaded-guilty-to-lying-about-russian-contacts/2017/10/30/d525e712-bd7d-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.2ef28669b731
