Former Trump aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying about Russian contacts
George Papadopoulos  a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump  pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals he believed had ties to the Russian government during Trump's presidential campaign.
Papadopoulos  who was named by  Trump  in March 2016 as a foreign policy adviser to the campaign  pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with the Russians when he was interviewed in January by federal agents who were investigating Russian interference in the presidential campaign.
The charge indicates that Mueller  who is known to be probing alleged coordination between the  Trump  campaign and the Kremlin  is deeply probing contacts with  Trump  campaign aides and Russian officials.
The court papers show that Papadopoulos had also met a Russian woman he believed had ties to the Kremlin and with whom he communicated about setting up a meeting between  Trump  campaign officials and Russian officials.
He told agents that he met the woman a year before joining the  Trump  campaign  but  in fact  he met her only after he was named to the campaign and communicated with her for months while working with  Trump  aides  the documents show.
Papadopoulos's plea agreement shows he was introduced to the woman by the professor  and she claimed she was a relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the plea  she told Papadopoulos she would like to help set up meetings for the  Trump  campaign with her associates to discuss U.S.-Russia ties under a future President Trump.
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The charge indicates that Mueller  who is known to be probing alleged coordination between the  Trump  campaign and the Kremlin  is deeply probing contacts with   [TGT]   campaign aides and Russian officials.
The court papers show that  [TGT]  had also met a Russian woman  [TGT]  believed had ties to the Kremlin and with whom  [TGT]  communicated about setting up a meeting between   [TGT]   campaign officials and Russian officials.
 [TGT]  told agents that  [TGT]  met the woman a year before joining the   [TGT] campaign  but  in fact   [TGT]  met her only after  [TGT]  was named to the campaign and communicated with her for months while working with   [TGT] aides  the documents show.
 [TGT] 's plea agreement shows  [TGT]  was introduced to the woman by the professor  and she claimed she was a relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the plea  she told  [TGT]  she would like to help set up meetings for the   [TGT]   campaign with her associates to discuss U.S.-Russia ties under a future President Trump.