2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos is asking to delay a looming prison stint by citing an appeal that challenges the legality of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment. Papadopoulos elected not to mount such a challenge in his own case last year when Mueller’s office charged him with making false statements and obstruction of justice resulting from Mueller’s probe into alleged 2016 Russian election meddling. The 31-year-old former campaign adviser instead cut a deal with Mueller’s office and pleaded guilty to the false statement charge. In September, U.S. District Court Judge Randy Moss sentenced him to 14 days in prison. In the weeks since his sentencing, however, Papadopoulos has dramatically shifted his posture towards prosecutors — distancing himself from his previous defense lawyers and leveling public claims that federal prosecutors railroaded him and denied him access to key evidence.”
–Josh Gerstein, “Papadopoulos seeks to delay prison time,” Politico, November 16, 2018 5:10 pm