2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former senior adviser on President Donald Trump’s campaign team, Sam Clovis, sought to distance himself on Tuesday [10-31-17] from George Papadopoulos, an ex-campaign aide who has pleaded guilty in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
Papadopoulos pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents about his dealings with Russians, including an April 2016 meeting in which he was told the Russians had ‘dirt’ on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that entailed ‘thousands of emails.’
Prosecutors on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team said in court records that Papadopoulos had conversations and email exchanges with an unnamed ‘campaign supervisor’ about efforts to improve U.S.-Russia relations by setting up meetings between senior campaign and Russian officials…
Russia denies the allegations and Trump denies any collusion.”
-Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball, “Former Trump campaign adviser denies encouraging aide on Russia dealings,” Reuters, Oct. 31, 2017 11:45am