09-07-2018, 05:35 PM
(09-01-2018, 12:56 PM)Duchess Wrote: Another liar connected to this case got a month in the slammer, George deserves that, at the very least.
Papadopoulos was sentenced to 14 days behind bars, one year probation, and a $9,500 fine.
That's less than the max, but more than the probation-only sentence requested by the defense.
In addition to confirming for prosecutors that Jeff Sessions lied to Congress about no meetings with Russian operatives, today Papodouplos' attorney pointed at President Trump as hindering the investigation.
In asking the court for leniency, Papadopoulos said he made “a terrible mistake, for which I have paid a terrible price, and am deeply ashamed,” and that he was motivated to lie to the FBI try to “create distance between the issue, myself, and the president.”
In hindsight, he said in court, he recognizes that was wrong and “might have harmed the investigation.”
Papadopoulos’s attorney, Thomas M. Breen, went further, saying “the President of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever could,” by calling the investigation fake news and a witch hunt.
After an Australian diplomat reported to American counterparts that Papadopoulos had told him over drinks about the “dirt” approach, the FBI opened its investigation, that also was around the time WikiLeaks posted thousands of internal Democratic National Committee emails online.
Full piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pub...641f600d2f