George Papadopoulos Insists Mueller's Team Pressured Him to Say He Lied About Russia-Related Contact

[DonViejo]

George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser whose comments about Russia having dirt on Hillary Clinton are said to have sparked the now-concluded election interference probe, claims that Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s team pressured him into pleading guilty to lying to investigators. In a new book, Papadopoulos insists that he did not intentionally make false statements, but he took a deal because prosecutors threatened him with a tougher charge.

The claim comes in the form of a new book Deep State Target: How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring Down President Trump. According to Reuters, the book details how Mueller’s office threatened to charge Papadopoulos with a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) over alleged ties to an Israeli businessman.

“I was faced with a choice: accept the charges that I lied or face FARA charges,” he said. “I made a deal. A deal forced on me.” Mueller’s office declined to comment when reached by Reuters.

The lie Papadopoulos admitted to was about the timing of communications he made with Joseph Mifsud, a professor who told him that Russia had “thousands of emails” with “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. With his plea, Papadopoulos acknowledged that this conversation took place in April 2016. In the past, he told the FBI that it happened before he joined the Trump campaign, which turned out not to be true.

Papadopoulos insists that he wasn’t intentionally trying to hide anything, and that the discrepancy was just a mistake.

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[dewsgirl]

1. I hope this guy buries himself.

[MrsCoffee]

2. Womp womp.

Nice try coffee boy.

[angstlessk]

3. Which is it? They pressured him? or

It was a mistake? or To make a better deal than the charges he faced?

[gratuitous]

4. It's an odd question, isn't it?

Papadopolous claims he was coerced into lying and pleading guilty to a lesser charge to avoid prosecution under FARA. If he wasn't guilty of the crime he admitted to, wouldn't he still be chargeable for his violation(s) of FARA?

It's hard out there for a pimp, isn't it, George?

[Johonny]

5. Low level staffer, never met president, just got coffee.

[Vinca]

6. And so it begins.

[Beausoleil]

7. Wow, how many non-sequiturs can be packed into a title?

And, didn't this guy have a lawyer?

[flotsam]

8. "I made a deal. A deal forced on me."

"By the fact I was guilty of the more serious charge too!"...