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What Is a 'Proactive Cooperator'?

Former Trump foreign-policy aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents during the Russia investigation, may have been secretly cooperating with investigators for months.
Source: Library of Congress

Did George Papadopoulos wear a wire?

On Monday, the former Trump campaign foreign-policy aide investigating alleged Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election. Papadopoulos “dirt” on Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from an unnamed professor believed to have Russian connections, and sought to set up a meeting between

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