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| George Papadopoulos Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
By ama jamus
The first casualty of Mueller’s War on Trump is George Papadopoulos, an obscure, low-level foreign-policy aide to
the former Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign. It was Papadopoulos’ bragging
the about Russians having “dirt” on Hillary Clinton which triggered an FBI
investigation into election interference.
George Papadopoulos only had two brief
encounters with Russians concerning
In March 2016, according to the Washington Post
Papadopoulos sent an email to Trump’s campaign’s foreign policy team suggesting
they should coordinate “a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to
discuss U.S.-Russia ties under President Trump.”
Ivan Timofeev, the second Russian Papadopoulos
had concerning the election was with director of programs of the Russian
International Affairs Council—a Moscow-based think tank. He claims in an interview
with the Russian news site Gazeta that Papadopoulos approached him sometime in
spring 2016 seeking to arrange "a visit to Russia either for Trump himself
or for a member of his team 'to discuss Russia-U.S. relations.'"
"Our conversations made it clear that
George was not well acquainted with the Russian foreign political
landscape," Timofeev said. "You obviously can't just go and set up a
meeting with the president, for instance. Things just aren't done that
way."
The Russian offer to the Trump campaign went
nowhere, but Papadopoulos persisted, emailing then campaign manager Corey
Lewandowski in April 2016, “Putin wants to host the Trump team when the time is
right.”
His requests were reportedly met with hesitancy
from Paul Manafort and multiple campaign officials, including retired Navy Rear
Adm. Charles Kubic, who voiced concerns about violating both US sanctions on
Russia and the Logan Act, a law forbidding US citizens from negotiating with
foreign governments without authorization.
These brief encounters with a member of a
Russian think tank and a few rejected emails to Trump’s campaign is what
started the Russian probe?
George Papadopoulos was a minor player in
Donald Trump’s campaign, He was so minor that he was often referred to as a
volunteer "coffee boy” in a 2017 Politico post, “Trump and allies dismiss Papadopoulos as
the ‘coffee boy.’” Papadopoulos was an over eager, unexperienced volunteer who
was trying to make a name for himself. But that didn’t stop Mueller using
Papadopoulos from using him.
George Papadopoulos agreed to squeal and spill
his guts because he was caught lying to the FBI. What do you think a person who
is new to the game of politics and never really worked in politics is going to
do? When someone is faced with doing time in prison and everybody abandons you,
what would be your reaction? The guy was new to the real world, he just
graduated college in 2009 . . . no life experience.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday
that he’s ready to move forward with the sentencing of Papadopoulos. What this
really means is that Mueller has finished using him like a john has finished
using his whore and wants to toss him to the side.
He was sentenced Friday to 14 days in federal
prison for lying to the FBI and given 12 months of probation and must perform
200 hours of community service. In addition to the time, he was also ordered to
pay a $9,500 fine.
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