George Papadopoulos Lied On His Resume for Policy Job [View all]

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GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS LIED ON HIS RESUME TO GET TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOREIGN POLICY JOB, FORMER EMPLOYER SAYS

BY LINLEY SANDERS ON 11/1/17 AT 10:48 AM

The Trump campaign adviser who lied to the FBI about his meetings with a Kremlin-linked Russian professor also played fast and loose with the truth on his resume to get his job as a foreign policy aide, a former employer said.

George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his attempts to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russians, claimed on his resume to have worked as a research assistant at the Hudson Institute for almost five years. His LinkedIn profile said he worked with three senior fellows from March 2011 through September 2015 and led energy security projects for Eastern Mediterranean countries until accepting a role on Ben Carson’s presidential campaign.

But the conservative think tank said in a statement that Papadopoulos was just an unpaid intern in 2011 and only worked as a freelance contractor for one Hudson senior fellow in 2013 and 2014. A former manager for Papadopoulos did not respond to comment on the timeline inconsistencies, but the Hudson Institute said he exaggerated his time there.

“Mr. Papadopoulos was never a salaried employee of Hudson Institute,” the statement said. “We have had no relationship with him since 2014, and it would be inappropriate for us to comment on legal proceedings of which we have no knowledge and to which we are not a party.”

Richard Weitz, a senior fellow who managed Papadopoulos, called him “productive, outgoing” and “a great asset to any team,” at the end of his 2011 internship.

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