Trump: ‘Low level volunteer’ George Papadopoulos is a ‘proven’ liar

“The Fake News is working overtime. As Paul Manaforts lawyer said, there was ‘no collusion’ and events mentioned took place long before he … came to the campaign. Few people knew the young, low level volunteer named George, who has already proven to be a liar. Check the DEMS!” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

The Justice Department announced Monday that Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his interactions with Russian officials during the 2016 election.

Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates were indicted Monday on 12 counts, including money laundering.

Trump dismissed it, saying the charges were related to alleged crimes committed “years ago.”

“Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????” Trump tweeted Monday. “Also, there is NO COLLUSION!”

Manafort and Gates worked as unregistered agents for the government of Ukraine and other entities between at least 2006 and 2015, and hid millions of dollars in payments by keeping the money in off-shore accounts in order to avoid paying taxes in the U.S., the indictment stated.

Trump said he hopes the public will focus on the administration’s tax reform proposal, which is currently being considered by Congress.

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