Trump Staff Encouraged Papadopoulos’s Foreign Outreach

“When a Russian news agency reached out to George Papadopoulos to request an interview shortly before the 2016 election, the young adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump made sure to seek approval from campaign headquarters,” the Washington Post reports.

Emailed deputy communication director Byran Lanza: “You should do it,” while emphasizing the benefits of a U.S. “partnership with Russia.”

“The exchange was a sign that Papadopoulos — who pushed the Trump operation to meet with Russian officials — had the campaign’s blessing for some of his foreign outreach.”