Former Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI
George Papadopoulos misled FBI about timing of contacts with a professor tied to Russian officials
George Papadopoulos admitted he misled the FBI in a January interview by telling agents that he had only interacted with the professor before joining the Trump campaign. That professor has “substantial connections to Russian government officials” and was offering “dirt” on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
In fact, Mr. Papadopoulos met with the professor in March 2016 after learning he was joining the campaign, court documents say. The professor only took an interest in Mr. Papadopoulos because of his status on the campaign, according to the documents.
In April 2016, the professor told Mr. Papadopoulos about “thousands of emails” related to Mrs. Clinton.
.. After that March meeting, Mr. Papadopoulos emailed Trump campaign officials to say he had just met with his “good friend” the professor, who had introduced him to an individual described in the email as the niece of Russian President Vladimir Putin