BLOOMBERG: Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting
October 31, 2017, 3:34 PM PDT
Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reports.
The message, if true, would bolster claims that Trumps campaign attempted to collude with Russian interests. But its unclear whether Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was merely boasting when he sent the July 14, 2016, email to a Kremlin-linked contact. Theres also no indication such a meeting ever occurred.
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Bloomberg: Papadopoulos claimed in an email that the Trump campaign approved a pre-election meeting w/ Russia reps.