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The sentence in question *in full* is in the court papers, and the e-mail included the line "It should be someone low-level in the campaign so as not to send any signal."
Fixed listed month of Papadoulos' joining of the Trump campaign (March, not May, as shown in WP article).
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According to his LinkedIn profile, Papadopoulos graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Arts & Government from [[DePaul University]] in 2009, received a Master of Science from the [[University of London]] in 2010, with another master's degree from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name=Who/> According to that profile, from March 2011 to September 2015, Papadopoulos worked as a research associate at [[Hudson Institute]] and in 2012, represented the [[United States]] at the [[Model United Nations]] in [[Geneva]].<ref name=Who/>
According to his LinkedIn profile, Papadopoulos graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Arts & Government from [[DePaul University]] in 2009, received a Master of Science from the [[University of London]] in 2010, with another master's degree from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name=Who/> According to that profile, from March 2011 to September 2015, Papadopoulos worked as a research associate at [[Hudson Institute]] and in 2012, represented the [[United States]] at the [[Model United Nations]] in [[Geneva]].<ref name=Who/>


Papadopoulos advised [[Ben Carson]]'s presidential campaign from November 2015 to January 2016. He joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign in May 2016 where he performed similar tasks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/21/meet-the-men-shaping-donald-trumps-foreign-policy-views/|title=One of Trump’s foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential|last1=Ryan|first1=Missy|last2=Mufson|first2=Steven|date=March 22, 2016|website=The Washington Post|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> Three days after joining Trump's campaign, Papadopoulos sent emails concerning [[Vladimir Putin]] to seven campaign officials. Court documents show that an unnamed Trump "campaign supervisor" encouraged Papadopoulos to fly to Russia to meet with agents of the [[Russian Foreign Ministry]], after being told that Russia had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton it wished to share with Trump's campaign.<ref name=NBCNewsPlea>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-campaign-adviser-george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-n815596 Secret Guilty Plea of Ex-Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Reveals Russian Ties]. Tom Winter and Tracy Connor, [[NBC News]]. 30 October 2017</ref><ref name=NYTGuilty/> Between March and September 2016, he made at least six requests for Trump to meet with Russian politicians. In May, [[Paul Manafort]] replied to one such request by saying that "Trump is not doing these trips. It should be someone low-level in the campaign so as not to send any signal."<ref name=NBCNewsPlea/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaign-emails-show-aides-repeated-efforts-to-set-up-russia-meetings/2017/08/14/54d08da6-7dc2-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html|title=Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings|last1=Hamburger|first1=Tom|last2=Leonnig|first2=Carol D.|authorlink2=Carol D. Leonnig|last3=Helderman|first3=Rosalind S.|date=August 14, 2017|website=The Washington Post|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-adviser-made-repeated-attempts-set-russia-meeting-article-1.3411305|title=Trump campaign adviser made repeated attempts to set up meeting with Russia: report|last=Brennan|first=Christopher|date=August 14, 2017|website=New York Daily News|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> He was interviewed about [[Russia–United States relations]] by [[Interfax]] in September 2016, in which he said that [[Barack Obama]] promised to cooperate with [[Russia]], but that promise did not go through.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interfax.com/interview.asp?id=704556|title=George Papadopoulos: Sanctions have done little more than to turn Russia towards China|last=Baygarova|first=Ksenia|date=September 30, 2016|website=Interfax|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref>
Papadopoulos advised [[Ben Carson]]'s presidential campaign from November 2015 to January 2016. He joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign in March 2016 where he performed similar tasks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/21/meet-the-men-shaping-donald-trumps-foreign-policy-views/|title=One of Trump’s foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential|last1=Ryan|first1=Missy|last2=Mufson|first2=Steven|date=March 22, 2016|website=The Washington Post|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> Three days after joining Trump's campaign, Papadopoulos sent emails concerning [[Vladimir Putin]] to seven campaign officials. Court documents show that an unnamed Trump "campaign supervisor" encouraged Papadopoulos to fly to Russia to meet with agents of the [[Russian Foreign Ministry]], after being told that Russia had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton it wished to share with Trump's campaign.<ref name=NBCNewsPlea>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-campaign-adviser-george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-n815596 Secret Guilty Plea of Ex-Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Reveals Russian Ties]. Tom Winter and Tracy Connor, [[NBC News]]. 30 October 2017</ref><ref name=NYTGuilty/> Between March and September 2016, he made at least six requests for Trump to meet with Russian politicians. In May, [[Paul Manafort]] replied to one such request by saying that "Trump is not doing these trips. It should be someone low-level in the campaign so as not to send any signal."<ref name=NBCNewsPlea/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaign-emails-show-aides-repeated-efforts-to-set-up-russia-meetings/2017/08/14/54d08da6-7dc2-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html|title=Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings|last1=Hamburger|first1=Tom|last2=Leonnig|first2=Carol D.|authorlink2=Carol D. Leonnig|last3=Helderman|first3=Rosalind S.|date=August 14, 2017|website=The Washington Post|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-adviser-made-repeated-attempts-set-russia-meeting-article-1.3411305|title=Trump campaign adviser made repeated attempts to set up meeting with Russia: report|last=Brennan|first=Christopher|date=August 14, 2017|website=New York Daily News|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> He was interviewed about [[Russia–United States relations]] by [[Interfax]] in September 2016, in which he said that [[Barack Obama]] promised to cooperate with [[Russia]], but that promise did not go through.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interfax.com/interview.asp?id=704556|title=George Papadopoulos: Sanctions have done little more than to turn Russia towards China|last=Baygarova|first=Ksenia|date=September 30, 2016|website=Interfax|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref>


Senator [[Richard Burr]], chair of the Senate panel investigating [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]], said in October 2017 that the panel was interested in Papadopoulos because he had sent e-mails attempting to set up meetings between Trump and [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="silva20oct">{{cite news|last1=Silva |first1=Christianna |title=Russia Update: Senate investigators consider meeting with Trump campaign official, George Papadopoulos |url=http://www.newsweek.com/russia-update-senate-investigators-consider-meeting-george-papadopoulos-trump-690000|accessdate=21 October 2017|work=[[Newsweek]] |date=20 October 2017|language=en}}</ref>
Senator [[Richard Burr]], chair of the Senate panel investigating [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]], said in October 2017 that the panel was interested in Papadopoulos because he had sent e-mails attempting to set up meetings between Trump and [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="silva20oct">{{cite news|last1=Silva |first1=Christianna |title=Russia Update: Senate investigators consider meeting with Trump campaign official, George Papadopoulos |url=http://www.newsweek.com/russia-update-senate-investigators-consider-meeting-george-papadopoulos-trump-690000|accessdate=21 October 2017|work=[[Newsweek]] |date=20 October 2017|language=en}}</ref>

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Not to be confused with Georgios Papadopoulos.
George Papadopoulos
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDePaul University

George Papadopoulos is President Donald Trump's former policy adviser to his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. On Oct. 5, 2017, Papadopoulos pled guilty to making false statements to FBI agents about contacts he had with the Russian government in 2016 relating to U.S.-Russia relations and e-mails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Biography

According to his LinkedIn profile, Papadopoulos graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Arts & Government from DePaul University in 2009, received a Master of Science from the University of London in 2010, with another master's degree from the London School of Economics.[1] According to that profile, from March 2011 to September 2015, Papadopoulos worked as a research associate at Hudson Institute and in 2012, represented the United States at the Model United Nations in Geneva.[1]

Papadopoulos advised Ben Carson's presidential campaign from November 2015 to January 2016. He joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign in March 2016 where he performed similar tasks.[2] Three days after joining Trump's campaign, Papadopoulos sent emails concerning Vladimir Putin to seven campaign officials. Court documents show that an unnamed Trump "campaign supervisor" encouraged Papadopoulos to fly to Russia to meet with agents of the Russian Foreign Ministry, after being told that Russia had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton it wished to share with Trump's campaign.[3][4] Between March and September 2016, he made at least six requests for Trump to meet with Russian politicians. In May, Paul Manafort replied to one such request by saying that "Trump is not doing these trips. It should be someone low-level in the campaign so as not to send any signal."[3][5][6] He was interviewed about Russia–United States relations by Interfax in September 2016, in which he said that Barack Obama promised to cooperate with Russia, but that promise did not go through.[7]

Senator Richard Burr, chair of the Senate panel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, said in October 2017 that the panel was interested in Papadopoulos because he had sent e-mails attempting to set up meetings between Trump and Vladimir Putin.[8]

Since Trump assumed his office as President of the United States, Papadopoulos worked as an independent energy and policy consultant.[1]

On October 5, 2017, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents relating to contacts he had with agents of the Russian government while working for the Trump campaign. Papadopoulos has since been cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to court documents. The case was unsealed on October 30, 2017, the day Paul Manafort was indicted.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kutner, Max (August 14, 2017). "Who is George Papadopoulos, the Trump Campaign Adviser Who Suggested a Meeting with Russian Leaders?". Newsweek. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Ryan, Missy; Mufson, Steven (March 22, 2016). "One of Trump's foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Secret Guilty Plea of Ex-Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Reveals Russian Ties. Tom Winter and Tracy Connor, NBC News. 30 October 2017
  4. ^ a b Apuzzo, Matt (October 30, 2017). "Trump Adviser Met With Russian in '16 on Clinton 'Dirt'". New York Times.
  5. ^ Hamburger, Tom; Leonnig, Carol D.; Helderman, Rosalind S. (August 14, 2017). "Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  6. ^ Brennan, Christopher (August 14, 2017). "Trump campaign adviser made repeated attempts to set up meeting with Russia: report". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  7. ^ Baygarova, Ksenia (September 30, 2016). "George Papadopoulos: Sanctions have done little more than to turn Russia towards China". Interfax. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  8. ^ Silva, Christianna (20 October 2017). "Russia Update: Senate investigators consider meeting with Trump campaign official, George Papadopoulos". Newsweek. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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