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    Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in prison, $9,500 fine in Russia probe

    CBS NEWS September 7, 2018, 4:46 PM

    George Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in prison in Russia probe

    Last Updated Sep 7, 2018 4:52 PM EDT

    George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who sought to broker a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin during the 2016 presidential campaign, was sentenced to 14 days in prison and 12 months of supervised release on Friday for lying to the FBI about his contacts with foreign nationals during the campaign. He will also have to complete 200 house of community service and pay a fine of $9,500.

    Papadopoulos is the first person who faced criminal charges related to interactions between Trump campaign associates and Russian interests during the 2016 presidential campaign.


    Ahead of the sentencing, Papadopoulos' attorney Thomas Breen then spoke on his client's behalf, saying, "The president of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos could have."


    Papadopoulos also spoke and expressed his deep regret.

    He said he "hopes to have a second chance" and cautioned that this investigation as "global implications."


    In an interview with the New York Times published immediately after his sentencing, Papadopoulos said he lied, "Because as far as I can remember, at the time — it's hard to pin exactly what was going through my mind over an F.B.I. interview. I wanted to distance myself as much as possible and Trump himself, and the campaign from what was probably an illegal action or dangerous information."


    Papadopoulos was on the campaign's foreign policy team, but Trump aides have downplayed his role and said had no access to Mr. Trump. The president, too, has distanced himself and did so again Friday, hours before Papadopoulos' sentencing.


    "I don't know Papadopoulos, I don't know," Mr. Trump told reporters Friday. "I saw him sitting in one picture at a table with me. That's the only thing I know about him."


    Ahead of his sentencing, Papadopoulos asked the court to give him probation for his charge of lying to the FBI, claiming he was "young" and lied out of "misguided loyalty to his master." The special counsel recommended a sentence of up to six months.


    During the campaign, Papadopoulos met with Professor Joseph Mifsud in London, who introduced him to a woman named Olga who had told Papadopoulos she was a niece of Vladimir Putin. The two said they could set up a meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials.


    Papadopoulos joined Mr. Trump and then-Sen. Jeff Sessions at the Trump campaign national security meeting on March 31, 2016, the filing says. There, Papadopoulos made the offer to set up a meeting between Mr. Trump and Putin.


    Later, the professor introduced him to Ivan Timofeev, who claimed to have a connection to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


    At an April 26, 2016 meeting, Mifsud told Papadopoulos that people in Moscow had "dirt," "thousands of emails" on Hillary Clinton, according to the filing. The meeting between Mr. Trump and Putin never took place.


    During his FBI interview on January 27, 2017, "George found himself personally conflicted during the interrogation." The memo says he gave the FBI "misleading" information about his contact with Mifsud, Olga and Timofeev.


    The special counsel's view of Papadopoulos is that his "lies negatively affected the FBI's Russia investigation" and his "lies were not momentarily lapses," a government filing said.


    In cooperating with the government after he was charged, Papadopoulos participated in four proffer sessions with the government.

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    Really? You compromises our relationship with Russia over crap like this? You make me sick, Mueller, you make me so sick, you make me want to puke you thoughtless, malicious, ugly monster.
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    Papadopoulos contradicts Sessions' testimony

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    Convicted former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has publicly contradicted Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sworn testimony to Congress, saying both Sessions and President Trump apparently supported his proposal that Trump meet with Vladimir Putin during the 2016 campaign, according to a court filing.
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    So what? There's no law against a US Senator or a candidate for President or anyone else for that matter meeting with a foreign leader including Vladimir Putin.
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    What is illegal is lying to a federal agent when they ask you about it.

    Lying to a federal agent is a serious federal crime. - Shouse Law Group
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    Feb 5, 2016 - If you lie to an agent from the FBI, DEA, or any other federal agency while they are conducting a criminal investigation, you are a committing a felony ...
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    Did Sessions lie to a federal agent while they were conducting a criminal investigation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    Did Sessions lie to a federal agent while they were conducting a criminal investigation?
    I have no way of knowing what he said to any federal agent or if it was true.

    Lying to congress is also a federal felony.

    Lying to Congress can put you in jail, even if you're not under oath ...
    https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/penalty-for-lying-to-congress/index.html
    Jul 24, 2017 - Lying to Congress can put you in jail, even if you're not under oath ....
    Federal law makes it a crime to "knowingly and willfully" give "materially" ...

    I also don't know if he lied to congress.

    BUT,
    Papadopoulos seems to be saying that he did.

    "Convicted former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has publicly contradicted Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sworn testimony to Congress, "
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    Yeah, I think some people somewhere are going to be looking into that whole "while conducting a criminal investigation" thingy. So far, there was no criminal investigation because there was no crime to begin with.
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