First, she asked President Trump for a pardon. Then George Papadopoulos' wife raised the possibility her husband might reverse course on his plea agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
But today, Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos said her spouse will follow through as planned.
“George will take responsibility for some inaccuracies during the interview with the FBI,” Mangiante Papadopoulos said in a statement to ABC News on Wednesday, adding that she hopes the judge determining his fate will not send the former Trump campaign adviser to jail.
Mangiante Papadopoulos had in recent weeks spoken out about her belief that her husband was in some way set up by the government. They were reconsidering their plea, she said, because they contemplated fighting the charges based on that belief.
She told ABC News that, even though they are not fighting the government, she hopes “the judge will take into account” those concerns “in order to assess George’s role in this investigation from an objective point of view and, yes, definitely decide for zero jail time.”
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Earlier this month, prosecutors with the special counsel recommended that Papadopoulos serve up to six months in jail for lying to federal investigators, arguing that “he should be held accountable for having repeatedly misled them “about critical facts, in an investigation of national importance, after having been explicitly warned that lying to the FBI was a federal offense.”
“The nature and circumstances of the offense warrant a sentence of incarceration,” prosecutors wrote.
Papadopoulos’ sentencing is scheduled for September 7.
After weeks of uncertainty, Papadopoulos decides to accept plea deal with Mueller (ABC News)