Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team says it's ready to talk about sentencing for former Trump campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos.
CNN:
A filing by prosecutors from the special counsel's office in DC District Court asks the judge overseeing Papadopoulos' guilty plea to begin preparing for his sentencing.
Prosecutors had delayed pushing Papadopoulos' court proceeding toward its conclusion twice since he pleaded guilty last October to lying to investigators. He faces a maximum of five years in prison.
Previous delays from prosecutors related to Papadopoulos' sentencing and in Michael Flynn's and Rick Gates's cases largely have been read as signals that Mueller's probe into possible Russian coordination with the Trump campaign continued.
Once Papadopoulos is sentenced, he could no longer be forced to help the Special Counsel's Office in its ongoing investigations -- or at trials.
Papadopoulos agreed when he pleaded guilty to cooperate with prosecutors and continue to provide information as needed. He also agreed "that the sentencing in this case may be delayed until your client's efforts to cooperate have been completed, as determined by the government, so that the court will have the benefit of all relevant information before a sentence is imposed."
Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to a charge of making false statements to the FBI, about his contact with three people who pressed him to help set up a meeting between Trump and Russian government officials during the campaign.
The Special Counsel's Office says it will provide the court with a status report on Papadopoulos by June 22.
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An update on Flynn is due at the end of June, and Gates' deadline for an update is set for August.
Mueller team indicates it is ready for George Papadopoulos to be sentenced (CNN)