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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:55 PM Jan 2018

George Papadopoulos is the John Dean of the Russia investigation, his fiancee says

Source: Washington Post

He has been mocked by President Trump as a “low level volunteer” and “proven to be a liar.”

But the fiancee of George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in October to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts and is cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, says he is being miscast.

“I believe history will remember him like John Dean,” said Italian-born Simona Mangiante, referring to the former White House counsel who pleaded guilty to his role in the Watergate coverup and then became a key witness against other aides to President Richard Nixon.

... snip

“There’s a lot to come,” she said. “He was the first one to break a hole on all of this.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/george-papadopoulos-is-the-john-dean-of-the-russia-investigation-his-fiancee-says/2018/01/22/8e47b016-ff4d-11e7-9d31-d72cf78dbeee_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.8bf1c310a17a




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George Papadopoulos is the John Dean of the Russia investigation, his fiancee says (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2018 OP
Let's hope so; she's been saying this for a while. SharonClark Jan 2018 #1
Nice comparison.... Pachamama Jan 2018 #2
Papadopoulos was NOT a White House Counsel like Dean BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #3
I hope that he is correct on this Gothmog Jan 2018 #4
I pray he lives long enough to see this through groundloop Jan 2018 #5
Fiancee: "My criminal is the BEST criminal!" forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #6
Rachael had this on her show tonight. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #7

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
2. Nice comparison....
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 07:06 PM
Jan 2018

But I would say the only comparison is that he is cooperating and pleaded guilty...

Beyond that, my guess is his role was probably more similar of a comparison to G. Gordon Liddy or Howard Hunt....

groundloop

(11,513 posts)
5. I pray he lives long enough to see this through
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 10:00 PM
Jan 2018

With the dirty connections 45* (aka Don-the-Con) has I wouldn't put anything past him.

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