WEBVTT - Papadopoulos Claims Campaign Approved Russia Meeting (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>take a look at an email written by former Trump

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<v Speaker 1>campaign advisor George Popidapolo. He's now a cooperating government witness

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<v Speaker 1>and special counsel Robert Mueller's probe on Russian meddling in

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<v Speaker 1>the US election. That email from Papadopolis indicates that top

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<v Speaker 1>Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre election meeting with

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<v Speaker 1>representatives of Vladimir Putin. For more on this story, Bloomberg,

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<v Speaker 1>lahst jam Grosso, and Michael Best speak with Jed Sugarman,

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<v Speaker 1>a professor at Fordham University Law School, and Ryan Goodman,

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<v Speaker 1>a professor at n y U School of Law. Ryan

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<v Speaker 1>tell us about what we know about this email that

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<v Speaker 1>Papadopolis sent when he was communicating with the Russians. Right. So,

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<v Speaker 1>the email, as reported by Bloomberg is quite important because

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<v Speaker 1>it says at least Papadopolis is representing to the Russians

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<v Speaker 1>that he has the go ahead from the Trump campaign

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<v Speaker 1>to organize a meeting with Russian officials. And then he

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<v Speaker 1>specifically says that that would include the campaign manager, who

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<v Speaker 1>at the time is Paul all Metaphord. So that starts

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<v Speaker 1>to link things together. If indeed he was genuinely representing

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a green light from the campaign, that would

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<v Speaker 1>be an important revelation in all of this, Jed. The

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<v Speaker 1>FBI says, this affidavit is being submitted for the limited

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<v Speaker 1>purpose of establishing probable cause for a criminal complaint. It

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<v Speaker 1>does not set forth every fact learned in the course

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<v Speaker 1>of this investigation. So could it be that Mueller is

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<v Speaker 1>keeping some things close to the vest. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>clear that Mueller is is keeping a lot close to

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<v Speaker 1>the vest. Let's keep in mind that what this plea

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<v Speaker 1>agreement does is it absolutely only sets forth um some

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<v Speaker 1>some details and acknowledges the existence of some emails and

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<v Speaker 1>only summarizes emails or even just notes what the subject

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<v Speaker 1>header of those emails is. We don't we haven't seen

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<v Speaker 1>as a matter of the public, what is in this

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<v Speaker 1>long chain of emails dating from March all the way

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<v Speaker 1>through June and July. UM. And it's it's clear that

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<v Speaker 1>the pop Pidopolis is cooperating with Mueller. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>best person to address how Papadopoulis got this wrote an

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<v Speaker 1>email about his approval, is Papadopoulis himself, whether it's in

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<v Speaker 1>further emails or at some point he is going to

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<v Speaker 1>have um some testimony. Uh. And so that's what really

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<v Speaker 1>should be UM explosive and would have the Trump insiders

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<v Speaker 1>the most worried. That's Jed Sugarman, our professor at Fordham

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<v Speaker 1>University Law School, and Ryan Goodman, a professor at n

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