Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting
Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The message, if true, would bolster claims that Trumps campaign attempted to collude with Russian interests. But its unclear whether Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was merely boasting when he sent the July 14, 2016, email to a Kremlin-linked contact. Theres also no indication such a meeting ever occurred.
The email is cited in an FBI agents affidavit supporting criminal charges against Papadopoulos, a young foreign policy volunteer on Trumps campaign. But its not included in court documents that detailed his secret guilty plea and his cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-31/papadopoulos-claimed-trump-campaign-approved-russia-meeting