Thursday, January 25, 2018

Statements of Offense

Papadopoulos Statement of the Offense



"Defendant PAPADOPOULOS claimed he met a certain female Russian national before he joined the Campaign and that their communications consisted of emails such as, '" Hi , how are you?"'



In truth and in fact, however, defendant PAPADOPOULOS met the female Russian national on or about March 24 , 2016 , after he had become an adviser to the Campaign; he believed that she had connections to Russian government officials; and he sought to use her Russian connections over a period of months in an effort to arrange a meeting between the Campaign and Russian government officials."



https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download



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Flynn Statement of the Offense 



"On or about January 24, 2017, FLYNN agreed to be interviewed by agent from the FBI ("January 24 voluntary interview"). During the interview,FLYNN falsely stated that he did not ask Russia's Ambassador to the United States ("Russian Ambassador") to refrain from escalating the situation in response to sanctions that the United States had imposed against Russia. FLYNN also falsely stated that he did not remember a follow-up conversation in which the Russian Ambassador stated that Russia had chosen to moderate its response to those sanctions as a result of FLYNN's request."



https://www.justice.gov/file/1015126/download