Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos arrives at the U.S. district court for sentencing

Record ID: 1355295

  • Title: Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos arrives at the U.S. district court for sentencing
  • Date: 7th September 2018
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 7, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VEHICLE PARKS OUTSIDE U.S. DISTRICT COURT, GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, A FORMER AIDE TO THEN-REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TRUMP'S 2016 CAMPAIGN, AND HIS WIFE WALK FROM VEHICLE INTO THE BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2018 20:01
  • Keywords: Russia meetings collusion POTUS Trump Tower former aid
  • Location: WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018WMQQTJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:George Papadopoulos, a former aide to then-Republican candidate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, arrived at the U.S. District Court in Washington where he will be sentenced on Friday (September 7) after pleading guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating whether campaign members coordinated with Russia before the election.
    Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Papadopoulos lied to agents about his contacts with Russians during the campaign "to minimize both his own role as a witness and the extent of the campaign's knowledge of his contacts," according to the government's sentencing memorandum.
    Among those contacts were London-based professor Joseph Mifsud, who told him the Russians had "dirt" on Trump's Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in the form of "thousands of emails." Russia has denied U.S. allegations that it interfered in the campaign and President Trump denies campaign collusion.
    Prosecutors are asking the judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to impose a prison sentence of up to six months, saying that Papadopoulos' lies impeded their investigation and that he did not cooperate. Friday marked his first public court appearance since he pleaded guilty in October 2017 to lying to the FBI while the case was still sealed.
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