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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPapadopoulos' fiancee says he's the "John Dean" of the Russia probe
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Simona Mangiante says the former Trump adviser's cooperation is key to Mueller probe
He has been mocked by President Trump as a low level volunteer and proven to be a liar.</p> <p id="U12402870760322oW">But the fiancee of George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in October to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts and is cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, says he is being miscast.
I believe history will remember him like John Dean, said Italian-born Simona Mangiante, referring to the former White House counsel who pleaded guilty to his role in the Watergate coverup and then became a key witness against other aides to President Richard Nixon.
Dean told Nixon in 1973 that Watergate was a cancer on the presidency, warning him that it was an existential crisis that could imperil his term in office.
George is very loyal. And he is on the right side of history, added Mangiante, who got engaged to Papadopoulos in September. ...................
Simona Mangiante says the former Trump adviser's cooperation is key to Mueller probe
He has been mocked by President Trump as a low level volunteer and proven to be a liar.</p> <p id="U12402870760322oW">But the fiancee of George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in October to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts and is cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, says he is being miscast.
I believe history will remember him like John Dean, said Italian-born Simona Mangiante, referring to the former White House counsel who pleaded guilty to his role in the Watergate coverup and then became a key witness against other aides to President Richard Nixon.
Dean told Nixon in 1973 that Watergate was a cancer on the presidency, warning him that it was an existential crisis that could imperil his term in office.
George is very loyal. And he is on the right side of history, added Mangiante, who got engaged to Papadopoulos in September. ...................
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Papadopoulos' fiancee says he's the "John Dean" of the Russia probe (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Jan 2018
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dchill
(38,549 posts)1. What means it, to break a hole?
JI7
(89,276 posts)2. no he isn't. his intent was criminal from the start. but if he is going to help bring down trump
i hope they get a book deal or some shitty reality show or whatever the fuck and have a happy life. just stay out of politics.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)3. Are you saying the Watergate burglary wasn't a crime?
Both are criminal conspiracies. Both John Dean and Papa are cooperating witnesses from inside the conspiracy. Dean was closer to the President though.
JI7
(89,276 posts)4. I'm talking about his reasons for joining trump team