Lawyers for Papadopoulos ask to withdraw from his case as he rants on Twitter about being framed

[DonViejo]

Lawyers for George Papadopoulos ask to withdraw from his case as he rants on Twitter about being framed

TRAVIS GETTYS
13 NOV 2018 AT 13:08 ET

Attorneys for former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos have asked to withdraw from his case.

Thomas Breen and Robert Stanley filed a motion Tuesday asking to withdraw from the case, saying Papadopoulos had hired at least one other attorney to represent him going forward in the special counsel probe.

Papadopoulos was sentenced in September to 14 days in prison after pleading guilty to lying to FBI agents investigating his contacts with Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign.

But since he was sentenced, Papadopoulos has frequently claimed on Twitter that he was framed by British and Australian intelligence as part of a plot to undermine the Trump campaign, but he hasn’t provided any evidence.

Papadopoulos, who joined the Trump campaign as a foreign policy adviser in March 2016, pleaded guilty in October 2017.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/lawyers-george-papadopoulos-ask-withdraw-case-rants-twitter-framed/

[dlk]

1. He's Behaving Like Someone Who Fears for His Life

Mobsters, even political ones, don’t treat those they see as rats, kindly. No doubt Papadopoulos is scared.

[brush]

2. What an idiot. He got the lightest sentence possible and is complaining.

Hope the judge reconsiders.