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Trump campaign adviser tried to set up Russia meetings, Washington Post reports
During the 2016 campaign, one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisers repeatedly tried to set up meetings between the Trump campaign and Russian officials but his efforts were consistently rebuffed, The Washington Post reported Monday.
George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign volunteer, tried to set up a meeting between the campaign and Russian officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, at least six times between March and September 2016, according to internal campaign emails obtained by the Post.
Papadopoulos, whom Trump listed as a member of his foreign policy advisory team in March 2016, sent an email that same month with the subject line: "Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin." Papadopoulos said he wanted to set up "a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump," according to the Post.
“Putin wants to host the Trump team when the time is right,” Papadopoulos wrote then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on April 27, 2016.
George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign volunteer, tried to set up a meeting between the campaign and Russian officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, at least six times between March and September 2016, according to internal campaign emails obtained by the Post.
Papadopoulos, whom Trump listed as a member of his foreign policy advisory team in March 2016, sent an email that same month with the subject line: "Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin." Papadopoulos said he wanted to set up "a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump," according to the Post.
“Putin wants to host the Trump team when the time is right,” Papadopoulos wrote then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on April 27, 2016.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/14/trump-aide-russia-meetings/566881001/
