“He’s bait, absolutely,” said John Lauro, a white-collar criminal defense attorney operating in New York and Florida. The story could not be bigger, and the stakes for Trump – and the country – could not be higher. Investigators are asking two basic questions: did Trump’s presidential campaign collude at any level with Russian operatives to sway the 2016 US presidential election? Papadopoulos’s activities relate directly to the Trump campaign, which make them significant, she said. He added that after his arrest Papadopoulos would likely go into what’s known among prosecutors as the “proffer” period.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 14:48 UTC