Despite guilty plea in Mueller probe, George Papadopoulos largely remains a mystery man
CHICAGO - George Papadopoulos posted a cryptic update on his Facebook page shortly before 11 p.m. on Oct. 29.
"Big day tomorrow," wrote the 30-year-old who'd served as a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign.
Just 12 hours later, the bombshell dropped. Special counsel Robert Mueller announced that Papadopoulos had secretly pleaded guilty earlier to lying to the FBI about his efforts to connect the Trump camp with Russian officials who promised "dirt" on rival candidate Hillary Clinton.
Not only was the little-known Papadopoulos the first conviction to emerge from Mueller's sweeping investigation but he'd also been secretly cooperating with investigators since his arrest in July, according to the stunning guilty plea unsealed in federal court in Washington.
But more than a week after Papadopoulos became the unlikely face of the probe into Russian meddling in last year's election, he largely remains a mystery man. Virtually no one who knows Papadopoulos has stepped forward despite reporters from across the country trying to figure out his background and role in the Trump campaign.
It's still unclear to
