Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos represented the campaign at multiple forums and meetings, despite Trump officials recent descriptions of him as “low level” and “the coffee boy.”
Public records on the meetings with Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty earlier this week to charges of lying to FBI agents about his ties to Russian officials, were first reported Friday evening by NBC News.
Papadopoulos took part in various public engagements on behalf of the campaign dating back to the Republican National Convention in July of 2016, the records show.
The then-adviser appeared on a panel alongside Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Reps. Tom Marina (R-Pa) and Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) for the American Jewish Committee (AJC), according to organizers.
“Papadopolous was only one among the many contacts AJC established and maintained among advisers to both parties’ 2016 presidential candidates and in the two parties’ national committees,” AJC spokesperson Ken Bandler said in a statement to NBC News.
Papadopoulos was interviewed by the Russian Interfax Agency as a Trump representative six weeks before Election Day.
He also met with Israeli officials during President Trump’s inauguration, according to The Jerusalem Post.
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