Mueller's team scorches guilty ex-Trump aide for trying to avoid prison -- and uses his own tweets...

[DonViejo]

Mueller’s team scorches guilty ex-Trump aide for trying to avoid prison — and uses his own tweets against him

Martin Cizmar MARTIN CIZMAR
21 NOV 2018 AT 11:11 ET

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller is fighting to make sure ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos spends the time in prison that he agreed to, new court filings show. Papadopoulos is supposed to report to prison on Monday, but is now trying to get out of it. Papadopoulos has requested that his incarceration be delayed while an unrelated challenge to Mueller’s authority plays out.

In response, Mueller’s team has filed a brief that tears apart Papadopoulos’ claims, such as that he should avoid prison until after his appeal is heard.

“However, there is no pending appeal in this case,” the filing says, pointing out that Papadopoulos missed his window to appeal and can’t appeal given what he admitted to and the short sentence he’s serving as a result. The filing also calls out Papadopoulos for the publicity tour he has been on since his sentencing.

The filing suggests that Papadopoulos is trying to get out of the deal he agreed to.

“Following the defendant’s sentencing, he made a variety of public statements that appear to be inconsistent with his stated acceptance of responsibility at sentencing. For example, on October 25, 2018, the defendant publicly tweeted that his prosecution constituted ‘the biggest case of entrapment!’ Appearing on a national television show the next day, the defendant stated that he was ‘considering withdrawing his agreement’ because he should not ‘have to serve even
one day in jail for something that now it seems was completely orchestrated and I was framed.'”

The filing also calls out Papadopoulos for his tweets, such as saying “I have been sentenced to prison in our country while having exculpatory evidence hidden from me. If I knew what I knew today, I would have never plead guilty.”

Read the court documents here.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/muellers-team-scorches-guilty-ex-trump-aide-trying-avoid-prison-uses-tweets/

[empedocles]

1. Popadopoulos, like trump, seems oddly - well dumb.

'Can't fix stupid'

[Takket]

2. .

[flibbitygiblets]

3. What a maroon. Mueller should withdraw the plea deal (now that he has all the evidence),

and let the twerp go on trial and see how much jail time he gets. That'll shut the little fucker up.

[3Hotdogs]

13. I don't know if he's a maroon, but he certainly is a moran and needs to get a brain.

[flibbitygiblets]

14. An all-time classic!

"What a maroon" was a Loony Toons reference, for those under 30 or so.

[NurseJackie]

4. DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. The filing is here:

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5218926/11-21-18-US-Response-Papadopoulos-Motion.pdf

You can go right to the source and avoid Raw Story's clickbait!

[DonViejo]

6. What a shame you couldn't be bothered to read the OP and notice that the very last word in it

is a direct link to the documentcloud site...and you wouldn't have had to bother whining about "Raw Story's clickbait!"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. A lot of people don't read all the way through a linked article at all (but I did).

I wasn't "whining," merely trying to make it easier to find the link to the court filing where all the juicy stuff is, and at the same time avoid Raw Story's clickbait.

[DonViejo]

8. That's their problem, not yours or mine. We're under no obligation to make things easier for people

that can't be bothered to read OP's DU'ers put a lot of time and energy into posting.

I call it whining, you call it what you want. Offering up tea and sympathy for laziness isn't my forte'

[PJMcK]

9. Thanks for posting the story

I deleted RawStory from my favorites a long time ago. Their site sucks but some of us on DU are grateful for your willingness to go there and report back.

Have a happy Thanksgiving, DonViejo.

[DonViejo]

11. You're welcome, and thank you...

I hate Raw Story because of their ads but, they often have the links ("leads&quot to really good articles and, when they don't, I post their articles in a way that doesn't necessitate visiting the site. Thanks again!

[Adrahil]

10. But.... But....

Judge Jeannie told me I should fight Bob Mueller..... that I had a slam dunk case....

[wryter2000]

12. He only got something like a week, right?

Obviously, Martha Stewart has more guts.