George Papadopoulos

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, October 28, 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP)

December 1, 2018, 10:54 am

Trump aides caught in web of deception over Russia contacts

Lies to the FBI and to Congress have raised new questions about US president’s connections to Moscow

By Eric Tucker

George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, arrives for his first appearance before congressional investigators, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, October 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

November 26, 2018, 11:32 pm

As he heads to jail, George Papadopoulos says he met Israeli cyber-security exec

Shai Arbel, co-founder of Terrogence counterterrorism firm, confirms he had ‘routine business meet’ last year with the Trump probe convict and with Israeli businessman George Tawil

By Miriam Herschlag

November 25, 2018, 7:57 pm

Ex-Trump campaign adviser loses bid to delay prison sentence

George Papadopoulos, the first official convicted in Russia probe, to go to jail Monday for 14 days, after judge dismisses his arguments

By AP

IDF soldiers take part in an exercise simulating warfare in the Gaza Strip in July 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 25, 2018, 9:57 am

Soldiers and spies: 7 things to know for November 25

Phone hacker NSO Group’s Saudi connection becomes clearer; an alleged Israeli spy denies everything, and the press tackles fights over the army old and new

By Joshua Davidovich

PHOTO ON LEFT: George Papadopoulos (right) with Charles Tawil's son, at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Tel Aviv, June 8, 2017; PHOTO ON RIGHT: George Papadopoulos in Cyprus, June 2017 (Both photos and details supplied by Charles Tawil)

November 23, 2018, 4:49 pm

Israeli businessman shoots down spy claims by Papadopoulos in Trump-Russia probe

After George Papadopoulos, the first Trump official to plead guilty in Mueller investigation, dragged him into the headlines, businessman Charles Tawil gives his side of the story

By Miriam Herschlag

Former Donald Trump presidential campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who triggered the Russia investigation, and who pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI, holds hands with his wife Simona Mangiante as they arrive at federal court for sentencing, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

September 8, 2018, 12:56 am

Ex-Trump campaign adviser sentenced to 14 days in prison

George Papadopoulos, who lied to FBI agents, is the first Trump campaign aide to be sentenced in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe

By CHAD DAY

In this photo from US President Donald Trump's Twitter account, George Papadopoulos, third from left, sits at a table with then-candidate Trump and others at what is labeled as a national security meeting in Washington that was posted on March 31, 2016. (Donald Trump's Twitter account via AP)

June 7, 2018, 11:45 pm

Ex-Trump adviser was reportedly accused of being unregistered Israeli agent

George Papadopoulos’s wife says Special Counsel Robert Mueller threatened to bring charges against husband, who reportedly set up meeting with help of Israeli diplomat

By Sue Surkes

Tom Barrack speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, January 10, 2017 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

May 6, 2018, 2:47 am

Mueller team questions Trump friend Tom Barrack

Real estate developer interviewed as part of investigation of possible coordination between president’s campaign and Russia

By Tom Lobianco, Jonathan Lemire and Alan Suderman

A intelligence memo is photographed in Washington on February 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

February 4, 2018, 1:22 am

The GOP memo has been released. So what’s actually in it?

Letter makes series of misconduct allegations regarding FBI and Justice Department’s obtaining of warrant to monitor a Trump campaign adviser

By CHAD DAY

From the WebDecember 31, 2017, 10:30 am

How the Russia inquiry began: A campaign aide, drinks and talk of political dirt

Young adviser to the campaign, over drinks with an Australian diplomat in London, first let slip that Moscow sought to tilt the US election, New York Times reports

White House Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner exits the West Wing at the White House, on October 17, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

November 3, 2017, 4:48 am

What did Jared know? Plus other Jewish takes on the Russia Affair

George Papadopoulos wrote op-eds for Israeli media, was embraced by settler leader; Paul Singer tied to British spy behind now-infamous dossier

By Ron Kampeas

In this photo from October 5, 2017, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

October 31, 2017, 5:20 pm

Russia: Nothing wrong with Trump campaign aide’s outreach

Kremlin says guilty plea by George Papadopoulos does not prove Moscow interfered in US presidential election

By AP

Paul Manafort, left, leaves Federal District Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

October 31, 2017, 4:18 pm

With first charges, Mueller sends warning to Trump, aides

If they lie about contacts between the president’s campaign and Russians, they’ll end up on the wrong end of federal criminal charges, special counsel signals

By Eric Tucker and CHAD DAY

October 31, 2017, 12:34 pm

Trump campaign aide steps to center of Russia probe

George Papadopoulos told investigators he was approached by Russians offering ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton

By Stephen Braun and Steve Peoples