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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Papadopoulos Lied On His Resume for Policy Job
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS LIED ON HIS RESUME TO GET TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOREIGN POLICY JOB, FORMER EMPLOYER SAYSBY LINLEY SANDERS ON 11/1/17 AT 10:48 AM
The Trump campaign adviser who lied to the FBI about his meetings with a Kremlin-linked Russian professor also played fast and loose with the truth on his resume to get his job as a foreign policy aide, a former employer said.
George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his attempts to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russians, claimed on his resume to have worked as a research assistant at the Hudson Institute for almost five years. His LinkedIn profile said he worked with three senior fellows from March 2011 through September 2015 and led energy security projects for Eastern Mediterranean countries until accepting a role on Ben Carsons presidential campaign.
But the conservative think tank said in a statement that Papadopoulos was just an unpaid intern in 2011 and only worked as a freelance contractor for one Hudson senior fellow in 2013 and 2014. A former manager for Papadopoulos did not respond to comment on the timeline inconsistencies, but the Hudson Institute said he exaggerated his time there.
Mr. Papadopoulos was never a salaried employee of Hudson Institute, the statement said. We have had no relationship with him since 2014, and it would be inappropriate for us to comment on legal proceedings of which we have no knowledge and to which we are not a party.
Richard Weitz, a senior fellow who managed Papadopoulos, called him productive, outgoing and a great asset to any team, at the end of his 2011 internship.
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George Papadopoulos Lied On His Resume for Policy Job (Original Post)
DonViejo
Nov 2017
OP
Not sure I believe this "conservative think tank.". Too many echoes of Trump talking points.
emulatorloo
Nov 2017
#12
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. How republican is that?
totally
Republican "values" are right at the bottom of a moral cesspool.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)3. Facts are fungible things
that can be contorted beyond recognition to suit the moment.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. So he was just a "volunteer coffee boy" at the Hudson Institute too?
Geez, you'd think the Institute would have enough high-powered brains around to come up with something more creative than that!
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)11. +1
Must protect the Donald at all costs
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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B2G
(9,766 posts)5. I hope he was wearing a wire, because
he doesn't have a great track record with telling the truth.
A defense attorney would make mince meat out of him in court.
KPN
(15,646 posts)7. My thoughts exactly.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)10. You can get Mueller knows
all about that and would only use recorded stuff as evidence. Mueller is no fool.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)6. A volunteer coffee boy with eyes and ears.
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)8. Well, yeah,
but Trump would never take you if you didn't lie.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)9. It was a server who recorded Romney...
doesn't really matter one's job title when you have something digitized and transcribed.
New tRump cabinet meetings:
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)12. Not sure I believe this "conservative think tank.". Too many echoes of Trump talking points.
Fishy to me. YMMV