George Papadopoulos

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump said he doesn’t remember much about a March 2016 meeting in which a campaign foreign policy adviser raised the idea of seeking meetings with Russian officials and then continued contacts with Russian intermediaries.

EghtesadOnline: Special Counsel Robert Mueller is continuing his interviews with White House staff this month, where a key topic are the connections emanating from a little-known foreign policy lightweight who served as an unpaid campaign aide -- George Papadopoulos .

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump lashed out against media coverage of the first charges unsealed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of the 2016 election and distanced himself from George Papadopoulos , a former campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

EghtesadOnline: The first charges unsealed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of the presidential election suggest a sweeping investigation, but one focus is clear: He’s building a case that Donald Trump’s campaign was in close touch with Russian officials who aimed to defeat Hillary Clinton.