Trump campaign officials suggested getting 'someone low level' to communicate with Russians

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• Officials on President Donald Trump's campaign said in 2016 they should get "someone low level" to communicate with Russians.
• The detail was included as a footnote in charges against George Papadopoulos, an adviser on the Trump campaign who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI.
• The message is believed to have been sent from then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort to his associate Rick Gates, both of whom were indicted on Monday.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-george-papadopoulos-low-level-russia-manafort-gates-2017-10

 

 

A court document revealed on Monday that members of President Donald Trump's campaign discussed finding a low-level staff member to communicate with the Russian government in order not to arouse any suspicion.

"Let[']s discuss. We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips," one campaign official wrote to the other, referring to Trump. "It should be someone low level in the campaign so as not to send any signal."

It's unclear whether the campaign wanted to send a low-level staffer to Russia or have a low-level staffer communicate to Russians that Trump himself would not be making such a trip.

The detail was included as a footnote in newly unsealed charge against George Papadopoulos, who worked on the Trump campaign as a foreign policy adviser. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty earlier this month for making false statements to the FBI about his interactions with Russia.

In May 2016, Papadopoulos emailed someone described as a high-ranking campaign official saying that his contacts in Russia wanted to meet with Trump, according to the court document.

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