Donald Trump aide George Papadopoulos entered a secret guilty plea while being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller about the Trump campaign working with Russia — and now leaked papers reveal he’d contacted indicted Paul Manafort about “a request from Russia!”
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Papadopoulos admitted to perjury after testifying that his contacts with Russia had happened before he joined the Trump campaign. Now insiders say that Trump campaign chief Manafort (pictured) was the “high-ranking campaign official” Papadopoulos approached with a “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump.”
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The guilty plea was announced just as Manafort was indicted for multiple charges of conspiracy against the United States. The Washington Post reports that “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump” was the actual subject heading on an email that Papadopoulos sent to Manafort.
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But, in a fortunate twist for both the President and Manafort, the Trump campaign's response doesn't show any signs of collusion. “We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips,” Manafort wrote, while forwarding the memo to another campaign official.
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Manafort added that any response to the request “should be [from] someone low level in the campaign so as not to send any signal.” But while the new charges against Manafort don't tie in to Russian collusion, he's still being blasted for hiding away foreign funds from the government — while in the middle
of an ugly and bitter divorce!
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Papadopoulos admitted to perjury after testifying that his contacts with Russia had happened before he joined the Trump campaign. Now insiders say that Trump campaign chief Manafort (pictured) was the “high-ranking campaign official” Papadopoulos approached with a “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The guilty plea was announced just as Manafort was indicted for multiple charges of conspiracy against the United States. The Washington Post reports that “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump” was the actual subject heading on an email that Papadopoulos sent to Manafort.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But, in a fortunate twist for both the President and Manafort, the Trump campaign's response doesn't show any signs of collusion. “We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips,” Manafort wrote, while forwarding the memo to another campaign official.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Manafort added that any response to the request “should be [from] someone low level in the campaign so as not to send any signal.” But while the new charges against Manafort don't tie in to Russian collusion, he's still being blasted for hiding away foreign funds from the government — while in the middle
of an ugly and bitter divorce!Photo credit: Getty Images
