The Trump aide was told in April 2016 by an unnamed “professor” that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails”. “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign,” the president wrote. And he admitted to making false statements to the FBI in its investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin. Papadopoulos had initially told investigators that he met the professor before joining the Trump campaign – one of the lies he pleaded guilty to telling investigators. Papadopoulos was living in London when he learned – in March 2016 – that he would be joining the Trump campaign as an adviser.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 15:09 UTC