Summary: Former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulo is pleading for probation for lying to the FBI in his memo. He defends himself saying he was "young" and lied out of "misguided loyalty to his master." The story is that he attempted to set up a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 2016 campaign because of rumored "dirt", "thousands of emails" on Hillary Clinton. Papadopoulos said that him, Trump, and then-Sen. Jeff Sessions met at the Trump campaign national security meeting on March 31, 2016, and both figures approved of it. Though, Trump aides have denied this meeting of happening, they have said he had no access to Trump. During his FBI interview on January 27, 2017, he was found personally conflicted during it and even he says in his memo he did give FBI "misleading" information. The recommended sentence is of up to 6 months, he will be sentenced Friday.
Source: George Papadopoulos asks for probation for lying to FBI
Analysis: This news article was posted on CBS News on September 1, 2018 by Clare Hymes, very recently. This article summarizes a whole year of information and recent information from Papadopoulo's memo. Before reading this, I did know that people under Trump were getting arrested for connections with Russia. It's hard to tell if Trump did or did not order Papadopoulo to lie to the FBI knowing Trump's personality. The article stays neutral, balancing things that support/ are against Papadopoulo's claims. It may be Trump discarding lackeys so they won't out him out, that's why he isn't saving them, it is uncertain. This investigation reminds me of the salem witch trials, the hunt for powerless people who have done little but will be punished for something big. This article was written to inform people of this ongoing FBI investigation of Russia's intervening of the presidential campaign in 2016 which may conclude sooner or later.
I think that your analysis was thorough and included many different angles to the situation. Events of this nature, I believe, are unnerving considering the fact that they are coming from the "head" of U.S. government. Frankly it's a little unprofessional.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you on your statement that these people being convicted of crimes are "powerless people who have done little but will be punished for something big". Papadopoulos lied to the FBI which is a criminal offense, and therefore should serve his crime.
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