The indictment of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, on charges of conspiracy and fraud was the big news from special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation Monday morning. But court documents also implicate a lower-level aide who could prove an even bigger headache for the Trump administration: former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.
Documents reveal that Papadopoulos secretly pleaded guilty to misleading the FBI about his April 2016 communications with a Kremlin-linked “professor” who hoped to set up a meeting between Russian government officials and the Trump campaign. The professor had told Papadopoulos that Russia could provide damaging information about Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails.” Papadopoulos falsely told investigators that his communications with the professor had predated his involvement with the Trump campaign.
