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Trump-aide George Papadopoulos sentenced to jail time in Mueller probe

By DANIEL FLATLEY
Bloomberg
ANDREW HARRIS

Fri., Sept. 7, 2018

George Papadopoulos, a foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was sentenced to 14 days in jail for lying to investigators about his contacts with a U.K. professor peddling dirt from Russian officials about Hillary Clinton.

Papadopoulos in October became the first person to plead guilty in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. He’s the second defendant to be sentenced, after lawyer Alex van der Zwaan got 30 days behind bars.

Papadopoulos reportedly played a key role in sparking the FBI’s probe of Trump’s contacts with Russia when, during a night of heavy drinking in a London bar in May 2016, he told an Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Clinton, according to the New York Times. The FBI, tipped off by the Australians, began looking into the matter.

“I made a dreadful mistake, but I am a good man,” he said Friday at his sentencing hearing in federal court in Washington.

Prosecutors said Papadopoulos used his contacts with the professor, identified in court papers as Joseph Mifsud, to elevate his status within the campaign and lobby for a meeting between Trump and Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin.

His lies about the timing of his encounter with the professor, including the false claim that it came before he’d joined the campaign, prevented investigators from effectively questioning Mifsud when he was in Washington in February 2017, prosecutors said in a court filing.

Papadopoulos was charged in July 2017. The case was kept under seal for three weeks after his guilty plea and made public only when Mueller announced the indictments of campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his top deputy, Rick Gates, for money laundering, illegal lobbying and other charges unrelated to the election.

Manafort was convicted of bank fraud and tax crimes last month by a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia. Gates pleaded guilty and testified against his former boss. Manafort faces a trial on separate charges in Washington this month. Manafort and Gates have yet to be sentenced.

Under his plea deal with prosecutors, Papadopoulos faced zero to six months imprisonment. His lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss for a sentence of probation that would terminate immediately, saying he’s been under close supervision for 13 months and cooperated with the government.

In addition to the two weeks’ jail term, Papadopoulos was given a year of probation and ordered to serve 200 hours of community service and fined $9,500.

“We are very satisfied with the sentence,” Papadopoulos’s lawyer, Thomas Breen, told reporters after the hearing. “I think the judge really took everything into consideration.”

Papadopoulos lied to investigators because he was “caught off-guard by an impromptu investigation” and wanted to “save his professional aspirations,” his lawyers said.

Prosecutors asked for a sentence of as long as six months in jail, telling Moss that Papadopoulos failed to provide “substantial assistance” to investigators and disclosed what he did only after he was confronted with his own records. They noted that he and his wife appeared frequently in the media to discuss the case.

A defence lawyer took issue with the government’s claim that Papadopoulos interfered with the probe. Citing Trump’s comment that the Mueller probe was a “Witch Hunt,” made before his client was ever interviewed, Breen said in court that “the president of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever would.”

The president weighed in shortly after the sentence was handed down, scoffing in a tweet at the length and making an apparent reference to the cost of Mueller’s investigation.

Breen told reporters outside court, “I think we’re all somewhat satisfied at this point in time that they know Russia meddled in the election. There’s no doubt about it.” He said his client doesn’t recall telling anybody connected with the Trump campaign about Mifsud’s offer of Clinton dirt.

Van der Zwaan, a Dutch lawyer who worked with Manafort and Gates, was also convicted of lying to prosecutors. Others pleading guilty in the Mueller probe include former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Washington lobbyist Sam Patten.

Moss said that while Papadopoulos lied for selfish reasons and did real harm to the government’s efforts to carry out its investigation of Russian meddling, he was moved by what he called the defendant’s “genuine remorse about what he did.” Though he added, “I don’t feel I can go so far as to not impose a sentence of incarceration at all.”

After Moss sentenced him, Papadopoulos could be seen in the courtroom embracing his wife, whispering into her ear, as reporters and members of the public slowly filed out.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/09/07/trump-aide-george-papadopoulos-sentenced-to-jail-time-in-mueller-probe.html
 

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And thus ends that bow string.
 

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Judge Randolph D. Moss said the sentence could have been higher but he sensed “genuine remorse” from Papadopoulos. The judge said there’s no evidence Papadopoulos had “any desire to aid Russia in any way.” However, by lying to the FBI in hopes of maintaining his shot at a job in the Trump administration, he placed “self-interest over the national interest,” Moss said.

Swing and a miss....
 

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BUT....but.....the left on here told me he was going to flip on Trump. they told me what a BAD man Popadopoulos was and that he could destroy Trump. 14 days jailtime lol 1 year probation and 200 hours community service. LMAO!
 

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Next up Flynn. They can't hold up that sentencing much longer.
 

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Even at 14 days this is a gross miscarriage of justice and I sincerely hope that the President will include him when issuing pardons at the end of this sorry affair.
 

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BUT....but.....the left on here told me he was going to flip on Trump. they told me what a BAD man Popadopoulos was and that he could destroy Trump. 14 days jailtime lol 1 year probation and 200 hours community service. LMAO!
So tell us what he told Mueller.
What, you don't know?

Guess you'll have to wait to find out.
 

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So tell us what he told Mueller.
What, you don't know?

Guess you'll have to wait to find out.
Obviously nothing of consequence. There was no plea deal. He pled guilty and then relied on the judge for sentencing. As well his interview with CNN I saw on Friday indicates he said nothing and his wife us hopeful for a pardon.

In other words you were wrong.
 

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He pled guilty and got a reduced sentence and charges based on information he gave Mueller that you know nothing about.
Yet.
He did not negotiate a reduced sentence. In fact the prosecutors wanted more time but the judge split the difference.

That's not a plea for testimony. Go find the interview he gave to CNN. That will tell you what's going on.

His role in this is done. He stated in the interview what he told the FBI. Some one in a plea deal doesn't do that.

You were wrong. I was right.
 

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He pled guilty and got a reduced sentence and charges based on information he gave Mueller that you know nothing about.
Yet.
Wrong! no plea deals were made. prosocution wanted 6 months and judge gave 14 days because he felt Papadopolous was guilty of being stupid not malicious
 

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Wrong! no plea deals were made. prosocution wanted 6 months and judge gave 14 days because he felt Papadopolous was guilty of being stupid not malicious
Are you kidding me. So the guilty plea is not a "plea deal"??

DEFENDANT'S ACCEPTANCE
The preceding statement is a summary, made for the purpose of providing the Court with a factual basis for my guilty plea to the charge against me. It does not include all ofthe facts known to me regarding this offense. I make this statement knowingly and voluntarily and because I am, in fact, guilty ofthe crime charged. No threats have been made to me nor am I under the influence of anything that could impede my ability to understand this Statement ofthe Offense fully .
I have read every word of this Statement of the Offense, or have had it read to me. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 , after consulting with my attorney, I agree and stipulate to this Statement ofthe Offense, and declare under penalty ofperjury that it is true and correct.

https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download
 

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He did not negotiate a reduced sentence. In fact the prosecutors wanted more time but the judge split the difference.

That's not a plea for testimony. Go find the interview he gave to CNN. That will tell you what's going on.

His role in this is done. He stated in the interview what he told the FBI. Some one in a plea deal doesn't do that.

You were wrong. I was right.
Mueller wanted a 6 month sentence and a $9500 fine for the "Guilty Plea" and co-operation with the investigation. The sentence could have been far more harsh if Papadopoulos had pleaded not guilty and had fought the case out in court. The Prosecutors were arguing in a recent court filing that his false statements "caused damage to the government's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election."

"The defendant's false statements were intended to harm the investigation, and did so," prosecutors wrote in an Aug. 17 sentencing memorandum. So in the end his attorney wanted "no jail" sentence and instead a one year probation. That is why the Judge compromised the sentence to just 14 days.
Papadopoulos also misled FBI investigators about his contacts with other Russians, including a woman believed to be a relative of Putin, who he sought to use to broker a meeting between the Trump campaign and Moscow - lies that the government says were damaging to an investigation in its infancy.

Prosecutors have suggested his cooperation did not bear much fruit, writing in August that he did not offer "substantial assistance" to the investigation and that much of the information he provided "came only after the government confronted him with his own emails, text messages, internet search history, and other information it had obtained via search warrants and subpoenas."

The Papadopoulos defense attorneys tell a different story. They say that, since his guilty plea, he has provided government investigators with "critical information" about his contacts with members of the Trump campaign. In the recent filing, they referenced a key meeting in March 2016 during which he allegedly broached the subject of arranging a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/poli...ncy-ahead-of-sentencing/ar-BBMZsG5?li=BBnbcA1
 

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Mueller wanted a 6 month sentence and a $9500 fine for the "Guilty Plea" and co-operation with the investigation. The sentence could have been far more harsh if Papadopoulos had pleaded not guilty and had fought the case out in court. The Prosecutors were arguing in a recent court filing that his false statements "caused damage to the government's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election."

"The defendant's false statements were intended to harm the investigation, and did so," prosecutors wrote in an Aug. 17 sentencing memorandum. So in the end his attorney wanted "no jail" sentence and instead a one year probation. That is why the Judge compromised the sentence to just 14 days.
Papadopoulos also misled FBI investigators about his contacts with other Russians, including a woman believed to be a relative of Putin, who he sought to use to broker a meeting between the Trump campaign and Moscow - lies that the government says were damaging to an investigation in its infancy.

Prosecutors have suggested his cooperation did not bear much fruit, writing in August that he did not offer "substantial assistance" to the investigation and that much of the information he provided "came only after the government confronted him with his own emails, text messages, internet search history, and other information it had obtained via search warrants and subpoenas."

The Papadopoulos defense attorneys tell a different story. They say that, since his guilty plea, he has provided government investigators with "critical information" about his contacts with members of the Trump campaign. In the recent filing, they referenced a key meeting in March 2016 during which he allegedly broached the subject of arranging a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/poli...ncy-ahead-of-sentencing/ar-BBMZsG5?li=BBnbcA1
Yes. I'm right. Thanks for clarifying that.
 

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Yes. I'm right. Thanks for clarifying that.
Papadopoulos' attorney attempted to negotiate a reduced sentence as their client did plead guilty. They wanted no jail time and instead a one year probation. But the Mueller Prosecutor was having none of it. The Judge tends to compromise in these cases.
 

Butler1000

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Papadopoulos' attorney attempted to negotiate a reduced sentence as their client did plead guilty. They wanted no jail time and instead a one year probation. But the Mueller Prosecutor was having none of it. The Judge tends to compromise in these cases.
Yes. But my point is this is settled. He will be giving no further cooperation to Mueller.

In other words Frankie's delusion that he would be testifying against Trump in a collusion case are dead.

And if you look at the interview he gave to CNN he stated what his cooperation was. And any information he gave to Mueller.
 

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Yes. But my point is this is settled. He will be giving no further cooperation to Mueller.

In other words Frankie's delusion that he would be testifying against Trump in a collusion case are dead.

And if you look at the interview he gave to CNN he stated what his cooperation was. And any information he gave to Mueller.
Not strictly true. In light of recent disclosures by Papadopoulos' lawyers'account, stating that candidate Trump "nodded with approval and deferred to Mr. Sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated that the campaign should look into it." Trump and Sessions have repeatedly denied it, and so Papadopoulos could still be subpoenaed to testify against Trump in this respect.
 

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Not strictly true. In light of recent disclosures by Papadopoulos' lawyers'account, stating that candidate Trump "nodded with approval and deferred to Mr. Sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated that the campaign should look into it." Trump and Sessions have repeatedly denied it, and so Papadopoulos could still be subpoenaed to testify against Trump in this respect.
If you think that is evidence worthy.......
 
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