Meadows:

So I want to follow up on one item from the

previous hour, where you had talked about Mr. Tawil.

I guess you had not heard from him about the $10,000. And then all of a sudden, you get an email, I assume an email out of the blue saying

he wants his $10,000 back. Is that correct?

—

Mr. Papadopoulos:

My impression of that is that he was trying to recover evidence, not money of some nature, because he had over a year to ask for it, or he could have simply picked it up after I left him.

And I was in Greece, and I told him to come

take his money back last year. But all of a sudden, now, after I'm sentenced, he wants this particular money back.

So I find it very suspicious.

—

I always questioned if it was a normal arrest. When you lie to the FBI, to be stopped at an airport by the FBI, taken to a closed room, and essentially, you know, discover that you're under

arrest in such a dramatic fashion for what, my understanding is, a relatively unharmful crime of lying to the FBI.

My memory of the arrest is that they were searching for this money in my bag. And when they couldn't find this money, there seemed to be some sort of haste to figure out what to do with me. (Tawil)

And I go to a room where I see Curtis Heide and

REDACTED the two agents who had originally interviewed me in Chicago.

And it looked like they were searching through my bag in a very violent manner to look, what I believe, was the money.

FUCKING SET-UP!

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>>5906111

TY BigBoss!

Over the target Hugely!

no warrant?

Mr. Meadows:

Did they have a warrant to search your –

Mr. Papadopoulos:

I don't remember any warrant.

In fact, the whole situation was very, it seemed very rushed and very chaotic.

Mr. Meadows:

So you're telling me that they searched your personal property without a warrant prior to you coming through Customs?

Mr. Papadopoulos:

That's what I remember, yes, sir.

>>5906353

add-on

==PDOP spoke with FBI voluntarily, assuming that HE was NOT under investigation…

after the interview they told him HE WAS.==

if I had even a scintilla of proof or belief that Stefan Halper was an FBI agent, there's no way I would have be going and talking to him – I just wouldn't, I don't think I would. I don't think anybody would be running into some sort of operation against themselves.

[Sergei Millian]

The Set-up - bonus NoName included

And I flatly told him (Sergei Millian), as far as I remember, No, I'm not taking this offer, because

it's illegal what you're talking about, at least I thought it was illegal.

And we were supposed then to meet later that night, and he just told me I'm feeling sick, I'm going back to New York tonight.

So very strange character, very strange person.

What's even more strange was during the inauguration, where I met him again,

and it was my understanding that he had been meeting with Senator McCain and some other members of Congress

with an associate of his Aziz Choukri, who I presented his name to.

And he said let's meet up. We met at the Russia House here in Washington for a couple drinks.

And I meet this individual named Aziz, who is sitting next to him and he made a remark to me

that never left my mind, in front of Sergei. And said that, Oh, you know, Sergei is working for the FBI. Something like that.

And then a couple days later, before I'm interviewed by the FBI, he comes out on the front page, meaning Sergei Millian, as the source of the Steele dossier.

(((They000 really tried hard to set PDOP up=

Mr. Papadopoulos.

My testimony today is I have absolutely no

recollection of talking about emails, Hillary Clinton's, with anyone on the Trump campaign. And I have said as much to the FBI and to the special counsel.

—after I told them I don't remember meeting this random diplomat that they were alluding to, that they got up, stormed out, and left in a very aggressive manner. And Kevin (Kleinsmith) was very aggressive in his exit.

Mr. Breitenbach:

Who mentioned the idea of you acting as an Israeli agent?

Mr. Papadopoulos:

I believe it was Andrew Goldstein, the

prosecutor from the special counsel's team.

During the last meeting I had with them – along – he said something along the lines of this is our last meeting.

We have to make a decision,

it's either you're going to accept one count of lying to the FBI

or we're going to charge you with obstruction.

I think he said maybe even multiple counts of lying and acting as a foreign agent of Israel.

I dealt with three prosecutors. Jeannie Rhee, Aaron Zelinski, and Adam Goldstein.

Baker:

one more question.

Have you ever registered under FARA, Foreign Agent Registration Act?

P:

Never.