But emails described to The Washington Post, which are among thousands of documents turned over to investigators examining Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign, show that Papadopoulos had more extensive contact with key Trump campaign and presidential transition officials than has been publicly acknowledged.
Among those who communicated with Papadopoulos were senior campaign figures such as chief executive Stephen K. Bannon and adviser Michael Flynn, who corresponded with him about his efforts to broker ties between Trump and top foreign officials, the emails show.
As late as December 2016, as President-elect Trump was preparing to take office, Papadopoulos tried to serve as a conduit for the defense minister of Greece, transmitting what he said was a proposal for a strategic alliance from the Russian-allied Greek official that was reviewed by both Bannon and Flynn, then in line to be national security adviser.
It's beginning to sound a lot like treason ♫
Headline is not misleading but.. Some people might be mislead into thinking this is confirmation that the Trump campaign encouraged his outreach to Russia and by extension the Putin meeting: It isn't. The only Russia-related outreach encouraged in these emails is an interview with a Russian news station. But these emails completely disprove the whole "coffee boy" meme and show that Papadopoulos was in direct contact with senior campaign officials and was acting as a point of contact for various foreign relations, which is to say the idea of him being a go-between with Russia is even more credible than before.
Not really, since asking a foreign power for help in a Presidential election isn't treasonous. We would also need to be at war with Russia in order for Trump and his administrations actions to be considered treason, so that's something to keep in mind. I mean it's blatantly obvious that Trump and his associates are all guilty of multiple levels of fraud and debauchery, but that's different. Now, if Trump is found to have been giving things like classified or secret information to Russia as part of a "payment" for their involvement, then yes you could definitely tag them with the traitor label, but even then I'm inclined to believe that he'd sooner get hit by the Espionage Act before treason.
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