George Papadopoulos Hopes to Fuel Republicans’ Suspicions About the Russia Probe

Nearly one year to the day after he became the first person to plead guilty in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos will face Congress for the first time in a private hearing for which he eagerly volunteered following his sentencing last month. “I didn’t want to have to expose the biggest political scandal in modern history,” Papadopoulos tweeted last week. “I was happy living on the Greek islands. But, guess life works in mysterious ways and I am happy I was called.”

For many of the Trump associates caught up in Mueller’s secretive investigation, any and all information about Russia, the Trump campaign, and the 2016 election is valuable currency. Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has sought refuge with Democrats, changing his party affiliation and conspicuously turning his back on the president via high-profile media interviews and public overtures to Mueller. Papadopoulos, meanwhile, is taking a parallel but opposite track. The 31-year-old, who was sentenced last month