Former adviser to President Trump’s campaign, George Papadopoulos, has decided to stick with the plea deal he reached with the federal government over charges of lying to the FBI, ABC News reported.
The decision, shared with ABC by his wife Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, comes after weeks of vacillating over whether he planned to follow through with the agreement ahead of his sentencing next month.
“George will take responsibility for some inaccuracies during the interview with the FBI,” Mangiante Papadopoulos told ABC News on Wednesday, saying she is hopeful her husband will not receive jail time, despite prosecutors gunning for at least six months behind bars.
In recent weeks, Mangiante Papadopoulos has told several media outlets that she and Papadopoulos felt he was being framed by “shady individuals” with an “agenda” who were specifically “targeting” him.
Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with a professor who had Kremlin connections and agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller as he probes Russian election meddling and the Trump campaign.
I get the feeling that someone must have explained to Mangiante that an extensive examination of her contacts and activities might not be an unalloyed joy.
When you have a mob boss as a President, FBI and law enforcement are shady individuals targeting people with an agenda and criminals are the stand up guys.
P.S. Simona, the FBI’s agenda was to put your husband in jail because he was a crook. That’s what they do.
Hmmmmm…must have figured out that there will be no pardon forthcoming for Covfefe Boy.
I guess he had figured it was one of those fishing holes where the pardons just jump into the boat.
Yeah, like he had a choice. He pled guilty voluntarily and on the record in open court, and nothing has changed in the facts or law since his plea.
There’s a strong legal principle that applies in such circumstances: No Backsies.