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By October 28, the paper trail showed that George Papadopoulos had already pleaded guilty earlier in the month, even though the case had not yet been unsealed. That detail matters because it meant a Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser had already admitted to lying to the FBI about Russian contacts while the campaign kept acting as if the Russia story was pure fantasy.
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By October 28, the paper trail showed that George Papadopoulos had already pleaded guilty earlier in the month, even though the case had not yet been unsealed. That detail matters because it meant a Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser had already admitted to lying to the FBI about Russian contacts while the campaign kept acting as if the Russia story was pure fantasy.
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By October 28, the paper trail showed that George Papadopoulos had already pleaded guilty earlier in the month, even though the case had not yet been unsealed. That detail matters because it meant a Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser had already admitted to lying to the FBI about Russian contacts while the campaign kept acting as if the Russia story was pure fantasy.
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