By the next morning, Mueller's prosecution team told a federal judge that Papadopoulos had "indicated he is willing to cooperate with the government in its ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election." Prosecutors also said they hoped he would become a "proactive cooperator" — a term that can encompass efforts to obtain information from others or perhaps even to wear a wire.
After the dramatic stop at the airport, Papadopoulos was cut loose on his own recognizance the following afternoon, with prosecutors making no effort to seek bail or keep him behind bars.
"What he did, making a false statement to the FBI, is serious, but he's not a danger to anyone else," Stanley said.
In October, he became the first person to admit to a crime in connection with the Russia-focused Mueller probe.
Precisely what Papadopoulos did in recent months to aid the government remains unclear and the subject of speculation among Trump aides and former campaign officials. Prosecutors seemed pleased with the cooperation because they dropped the obstruction charge and allowed him to plead guilty to the false statement charge. A judge accepted Papadopoulos' plea at a secret hearing in October.
You don’t say? Brilliant headlines brilliantly disappearing? Nothing more than nothing burgers? Spider wearing a wire? You don’t say? I wonder what parts of that Steele dossier aren’t true? Maybe the Professor will come back and explain this very brilliant four dimensional chess match that Trump is apparently playing in all his brilliant brilliance?
The most hilarious part of all of this? That Trump thought he could roll the CIA, NSA and FBI like they’re a little old lady holding out on her quarter acre in Atlantic City. PTape has to exist.
Me: [Writes something skeptical of the establishment Russia narrative.]
Russiagater: Oh! Hahaha! Look at this crazy Russia-denying bitch! Are you just an idiot, or are you a Kremlin bot?
Me: Go away.
Russiagater: So I guess you’re just in total denial about [insert this week’s plot-hole riddled “bombshell” story from the New York Times or Washington Post]?
Me: That’s not a thing. In a couple days you’ll have absorbed some arguments from outside your echo chamber, you’ll realize this isn’t the smoking gun your television told you it is, and you’ll calm down.
Russiagater: Oh my God! You people are impervious to reason! The highest level of our government has been infiltrated by a hostile nation!
Me: There’s zero proof of that.
Russiagater: What are you talking about? There are piles upon piles of evidence! You just refuse to look at it because you love tRump Trumplestiltskin Orange Hitler Putin’s boyfriend tRump tRump tRump Blumpf!
Me: Dude I’ll literally fly to your house and suck your dick right now if you can prove it to me.
Russiagater: There’s too much smoke for there not to be fire. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. The Trump Jr. thing, the Flynn thing, the Manafort thing. Look at this graphic of Russian oligarchs with red lines connected to Trump campaign staffers!
Me: That is not even a tiny bit remotely close to proof.
Russiagater: You’ve got your head in the sand! What will it take for you to admit you’ve been wrong about this Russia stuff?
Me: Proof. Like, any. After the lies we’ve been told about Iraq, Libya and Syria in the last few years I’m going to require a whole lot of proof before I believe anything the US power establishment says about Russia. Currently there is none. Zero. At all. Not for the Russian hacking, not for “collusion” with the Russian government to hack the Democratic party, not for treason, not for any of it. Not one single part of your narrative is backed by hard, verifiable evidence.
Russiagater: They said that about Watergate. It took years to see Nixon removed from office!
Me: Watergate began with a real burglary that actually happened. They ran mug shots of the perps in the paper. Russiagate is comprised entirely of unsubstantiated claims spoken in authoritative tones by the same establishment loyalists who told us Saddam had WMDs.
Russiagater: Robert Mueller!
Me: Oh here we go…
Russiagater: It’s an ongoing investigation though! These things take time. You don’t know they won’t find anything!
Me: See? See how that happened? You entered this conversation making bold, confident-sounding claims that the White House has been taken over by the Kremlin, and after a brief back-and-forth you’re mumbling something about an ongoing investigation that might maybe lead to something someday. Why did you do that? You guys do that every single time. You start out loud, confident and assertive, and after a few exchanges you’re telling me the investigation is ongoing and I don’t know what they will or will not find. Why not just begin the conversation with the posture you’re ending it in? Why not wait until they dofind something? Wouldn’t that be infinitely more honest than beginning the conversation with claims you know you can’t substantiate? Why are you helping to advance a completely unproven narrative?
Russiagater: So are you an idiot, or a Kremlin bot?
Me: [Writes something skeptical of the establishment Russia narrative.]
Russiagater: Oh! Hahaha! Look at this crazy Russia-denying bitch! Are you just an idiot, or are you a Kremlin bot?
Me: Go away.
Russiagater: So I guess you’re just in total denial about [insert this week’s plot-hole riddled “bombshell” story from the New York Times or Washington Post]?
Me: That’s not a thing. In a couple days you’ll have absorbed some arguments from outside your echo chamber, you’ll realize this isn’t the smoking gun your television told you it is, and you’ll calm down.
Russiagater: Oh my God! You people are impervious to reason! The highest level of our government has been infiltrated by a hostile nation!
Me: There’s zero proof of that.
Russiagater: What are you talking about? There are piles upon piles of evidence! You just refuse to look at it because you love tRump Trumplestiltskin Orange Hitler Putin’s boyfriend tRump tRump tRump Blumpf!
Me: Dude I’ll literally fly to your house and suck your dick right now if you can prove it to me.
Russiagater: There’s too much smoke for there not to be fire. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. The Trump Jr. thing, the Flynn thing, the Manafort thing. Look at this graphic of Russian oligarchs with red lines connected to Trump campaign staffers!
Me: That is not even a tiny bit remotely close to proof.
Russiagater: You’ve got your head in the sand! What will it take for you to admit you’ve been wrong about this Russia stuff?
Me: Proof. Like, any. After the lies we’ve been told about Iraq, Libya and Syria in the last few years I’m going to require a whole lot of proof before I believe anything the US power establishment says about Russia. Currently there is none. Zero. At all. Not for the Russian hacking, not for “collusion” with the Russian government to hack the Democratic party, not for treason, not for any of it. Not one single part of your narrative is backed by hard, verifiable evidence.
Russiagater: They said that about Watergate. It took years to see Nixon removed from office!
Me: Watergate began with a real burglary that actually happened. They ran mug shots of the perps in the paper. Russiagate is comprised entirely of unsubstantiated claims spoken in authoritative tones by the same establishment loyalists who told us Saddam had WMDs.
Russiagater: Robert Mueller!
Me: Oh here we go…
Russiagater: It’s an ongoing investigation though! These things take time. You don’t know they won’t find anything!
Me: See? See how that happened? You entered this conversation making bold, confident-sounding claims that the White House has been taken over by the Kremlin, and after a brief back-and-forth you’re mumbling something about an ongoing investigation that might maybe lead to something someday. Why did you do that? You guys do that every single time. You start out loud, confident and assertive, and after a few exchanges you’re telling me the investigation is ongoing and I don’t know what they will or will not find. Why not just begin the conversation with the posture you’re ending it in? Why not wait until they dofind something? Wouldn’t that be infinitely more honest than beginning the conversation with claims you know you can’t substantiate? Why are you helping to advance a completely unproven narrative?
Russiagater: So are you an idiot, or a Kremlin bot?
Me: Go away.
Your delusional keep believing the orange bafoon..
It seems clear that there was a quid pro quo. There are two questions now: 1. Did Trump offer something or was this Flynn going rogue? 2. If not rogue, what did Trump actually offer
Considering Flynn plead guilty to a minor charge in return for cooperation, it seems unlikely that Flynn was the one to primarily gain something from the QpQ. If he was, there would not be a plea deal.
It seems clear that there was a quid pro quo. There are two questions now: 1. Did Trump offer something or was this Flynn going rogue? 2. If not rogue, what did Trump actually offer
Considering Flynn plead guilty to a minor charge in return for cooperation, it seems unlikely that Flynn was the one to primarily gain something from the QpQ. If he was, there would not be a plea deal.
Exactly, the plea deal is a big fat red flag that Trump is in trouble.
It's just going to take time for it all to come out.
It seems clear that there was a quid pro quo. There are two questions now: 1. Did Trump offer something or was this Flynn going rogue? 2. If not rogue, what did Trump actually offer
Considering Flynn plead guilty to a minor charge in return for cooperation, it seems unlikely that Flynn was the one to primarily gain something from the QpQ. If he was, there would not be a plea deal.
Exactly, the plea deal is a big fat red flag that Trump is in trouble.
It's just going to take time for it all to come out.
Out into the brilliant brilliance of the brilliancy lightness of being in reality.
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Imagine if this story involved Chelsea Clinton rather than Don Jr. There is exactly no one in this country who is currently trying to explain this story who would have the same opinion if the shoe were on the other foot. It is no longer a credibility gap. It is that credibility no longer exists on the Right.
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Exclusive: Mideast nuclear plan backers bragged of support of top Trump aide Flynn
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn-nuclear-exclusive/exclusive-mideast-nuclear-plan-backers-bragged-of-support-of-top-trump-aide-flynn-idUSKBN1DV5Z6?il=0
This Trump transition official WAS TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA and admitting that it threw the election to Trump.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/manafort-bail-russian-intelligence/index.html
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George Papadopoulos' late night with the FBI
By the next morning, Mueller's prosecution team told a federal judge that Papadopoulos had "indicated he is willing to cooperate with the government in its ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election." Prosecutors also said they hoped he would become a "proactive cooperator" — a term that can encompass efforts to obtain information from others or perhaps even to wear a wire.
After the dramatic stop at the airport, Papadopoulos was cut loose on his own recognizance the following afternoon, with prosecutors making no effort to seek bail or keep him behind bars.
"What he did, making a false statement to the FBI, is serious, but he's not a danger to anyone else," Stanley said.
In October, he became the first person to admit to a crime in connection with the Russia-focused Mueller probe.
Precisely what Papadopoulos did in recent months to aid the government remains unclear and the subject of speculation among Trump aides and former campaign officials. Prosecutors seemed pleased with the cooperation because they dropped the obstruction charge and allowed him to plead guilty to the false statement charge. A judge accepted Papadopoulos' plea at a secret hearing in October.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/george-papadopoulos-arrest-fbi-277760
2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/04/568310790/2016-rnc-delegate-trump-directed-change-to-party-platform-on-ukraine-support
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classic cait
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/this-is-every-single-online-debate-ive-ever-had-about-russiagate-440bf7d91ed0
Me: [Writes something skeptical of the establishment Russia narrative.]
Russiagater: Oh! Hahaha! Look at this crazy Russia-denying bitch! Are you just an idiot, or are you a Kremlin bot?
Me: Go away.
Russiagater: So I guess you’re just in total denial about [insert this week’s plot-hole riddled “bombshell” story from the New York Times or Washington Post]?
Me: That’s not a thing. In a couple days you’ll have absorbed some arguments from outside your echo chamber, you’ll realize this isn’t the smoking gun your television told you it is, and you’ll calm down.
Russiagater: Oh my God! You people are impervious to reason! The highest level of our government has been infiltrated by a hostile nation!
Me: There’s zero proof of that.
Russiagater: What are you talking about? There are piles upon piles of evidence! You just refuse to look at it because you love tRump Trumplestiltskin Orange Hitler Putin’s boyfriend tRump tRump tRump Blumpf!
Me: Dude I’ll literally fly to your house and suck your dick right now if you can prove it to me.
Russiagater: There’s too much smoke for there not to be fire. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. The Trump Jr. thing, the Flynn thing, the Manafort thing. Look at this graphic of Russian oligarchs with red lines connected to Trump campaign staffers!
Me: That is not even a tiny bit remotely close to proof.
Russiagater: You’ve got your head in the sand! What will it take for you to admit you’ve been wrong about this Russia stuff?
Me: Proof. Like, any. After the lies we’ve been told about Iraq, Libya and Syria in the last few years I’m going to require a whole lot of proof before I believe anything the US power establishment says about Russia. Currently there is none. Zero. At all. Not for the Russian hacking, not for “collusion” with the Russian government to hack the Democratic party, not for treason, not for any of it. Not one single part of your narrative is backed by hard, verifiable evidence.
Russiagater: They said that about Watergate. It took years to see Nixon removed from office!
Me: Watergate began with a real burglary that actually happened. They ran mug shots of the perps in the paper. Russiagate is comprised entirely of unsubstantiated claims spoken in authoritative tones by the same establishment loyalists who told us Saddam had WMDs.
Russiagater: Robert Mueller!
Me: Oh here we go…
Russiagater: It’s an ongoing investigation though! These things take time. You don’t know they won’t find anything!
Me: See? See how that happened? You entered this conversation making bold, confident-sounding claims that the White House has been taken over by the Kremlin, and after a brief back-and-forth you’re mumbling something about an ongoing investigation that might maybe lead to something someday. Why did you do that? You guys do that every single time. You start out loud, confident and assertive, and after a few exchanges you’re telling me the investigation is ongoing and I don’t know what they will or will not find. Why not just begin the conversation with the posture you’re ending it in? Why not wait until they dofind something? Wouldn’t that be infinitely more honest than beginning the conversation with claims you know you can’t substantiate? Why are you helping to advance a completely unproven narrative?
Russiagater: So are you an idiot, or a Kremlin bot?
Me: Go away.
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FLYNN'S SECRET TEXT MESSAGES SHOW TRUMP COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA, EXPERTS SAY
http://www.newsweek.com/mike-flynns-secret-messages-show-trump-colluded-russia-experts-740246
1. Did Trump offer something or was this Flynn going rogue?
2. If not rogue, what did Trump actually offer
Considering Flynn plead guilty to a minor charge in return for cooperation, it seems unlikely that Flynn was the one to primarily gain something from the QpQ. If he was, there would not be a plea deal.
It's just going to take time for it all to come out.
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What a giant nothingburger it's turned out to be.
Let's have some cake to celebrate!
AMT proof of Trump Putin Russia Russia Russia collusion including the 1 to 8: a thread on PJ forum has been active for a year! one poster comprises 70% of thread!
IMPEACH
send this thread to Mueller!
IMPEACH
#PLEATAPE
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
"...I changed by not changing at all..."