The Trumpster Fire Chronicles: George Papadopoulos

[politux]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46347887

A federal judge has denied a request to delay the prison sentence of the ex-Trump adviser who sparked the US inquiry into Russian meddling.
George Papadopoulos, 31, began serving his two-week-long sentence on Monday, as Judge Randolph Moss ruled.
Papadopoulos pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about the timing of meetings with alleged go-betweens for Russia and was sentenced in September.
His lawyer has said that he will not appeal the judge's decision.
Papadopoulos reported to the Federal Correctional Institution prison in Oxford, Wisconsin, on Monday.
In a 13-page opinion on Sunday, Judge Moss said there was a "remote" chance that an appeals court would find Papadopoulos's request for bail reasonable.
Papadopoulos's team had argued for a delay citing a pending challenge against special counsel Robert Mueller, the head of the investigation into an alleged Kremlin plot to sway the 2016 US vote.
The defence said if Mr Mueller's appointment was found to be unlawful, Papadopoulos's conviction should be set aside.

[contrail]

He at least got a punishment instead of jail time.

[Executive]

In addition to Russian agents, didn't Papadopoulos also have some communication with a Turkish spy during the 2016 election ?
Maybe I was thinking of Michael Flynn.

They both must have been very cooperative with the Mueller Special Counsel team to get off this easily.

It's interesting that the judge in this case was actually working on Sunday.