re: uh, George Papadopoulos = Nothingburger

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uh, read the news article I linked. Manafort shut him down. That's why the trip didn't happen. And Manafort specifically instructed that the communication was to be delivered by a low level staffer

So this guy now has insulated Trump from the entire investigation by pleading guilty, after having been ostracized from the top staffers before even Manafort left

And any defense attorney worth his salt, can place doubt on this guys testimony. Was he lying to Trumps staff, before he lied to the FBI? What can you believe? Hes a convicted liar at this point?

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The point isn't that the meeting happened or didn't. It's that the top tier of campaign staff was aware of a staffer trying to establish connections to Russia. This is a crucial step in establishing liability. My guess is future docs will show that GP didn't stop at this failed meeting (and perhaps even continued at the direction of Manafort).