Papadopoulos Says He Can’t Recall Telling Trump Campaign of Clinton Email Tip

  • Former Trump campaign adviser plead guilty to lying to FBI
  • CNN interview broadcast hours after he was sentenced to jail
George Papadopoulos on Sept. 7.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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George Papadopoulos, a former adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign who later plead guilty to lying to the FBI, said he couldn’t recall telling anyone on the campaign about information he received from a Maltese academic about Russia having thousands of Hillary Clinton’s emails.

“I don’t remember if I told anyone,” Papadopoulos said in an interview shown Friday on CNN. He did say that he “blurted out” the Clinton tip to Greek officials on a visit to Greece. That was shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Greece.