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Originally Posted by OneHungLo
It's actually a common practice and there could be a million-and-one reasons why. Could he be spilling the beans on something? Sure that's possible, along with a million other reasons why. But answer my question - why would he rat out Trump when he knows he could just keep his mouth shut, plead guilty and get pardoned? As far as I know pardoning erases the crime from your record.
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States charges can be filed in New York and can't be pardoned. Don't forget that Papadopoulos is the reason Trump is being investigated and he's the first the FBI tagged & bagged with valuable information.
You're very fragmented on the basic dynamics of this investigation.
Report: Papadopoulos Sparked Russia Investigation
"It all began, as so many memorable tales do, with a night of ?heavy drinking at an upscale London bar.? It was May of 2016, and Papadopoulos was knocking back some Pimm?s cups (we can only imagine) with Australia?s top diplomat in the U.K. when he decided to divulge some very interesting information: Russia was in possession of damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
Exactly how much Mr. Papadopoulos said that night at the Kensington Wine Rooms with the Australian, Alexander Downer, is unclear. But two months later,
when leaked Democratic emails began appearing online, Australian officials passed the information about Mr. Papadopoulos to their American counterparts, according to four current and former American and foreign officials with direct knowledge of the Australians? role."