Mueller's Collusion Pursuit Nets Ex-Trump Aide's Guilty Plea (George Papadopoulos)
Mueller’s Collusion Pursuit Nets Ex-Trump Aide’s Guilty Plea
By Tom Schoenberg October 30, 2017, 9:23 AM CDT Updated on October 30, 2017, 2:15 PM CDT
Foreign policy adviser Papadopoulos admits to lying to FBI
Questions raised about what other campaign officals knew
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, tasked with pursuing collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and foreign interests, just planted his first stake in the heart of the Russian matter.
Prosecutors on Mueller’s team revealed Monday that a foreign policy adviser on Trump’s campaign, George Papadopoulos, pursued Russia’s help in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and sought to open communication lines to the Kremlin.
Even more than the indictments of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, the case -- showing how Russians attempted to influence key Trump aides -- lays out a blueprint for Mueller’s work as his prosecutors circle other campaign officials.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-30/trump-foreign-policy-adviser-pleaded-guilty-in-mueller-probe
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