Article snippet: In his first response to George Papadopoulos' guilty plea, President Donald Trump today attempted to distance himself from the foreign policy adviser who joined his 2016 campaign and later served on a presidential international business advisory council. "Few people knew the young, low level volunteer named George, who has already proven to be a liar," Trump tweeted this morning. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty this month to lying to FBI officials about his communications with Russian nationals in an effort to arrange a meeting between Trump campaign and Russian officials. Robert Mueller's team unsealed the documents in the case against Papadopoulos on Monday as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Trump's personal lawyer national security team. During a visit to Washington Post headquarters in March last year, Trump revealed the names of his foreign policy team and mentioned Papadopoulos as an "excellent guy." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that Trump was being nothing more than "complimentary on behalf of the campaign" at the time. Trump has argued that the focus of Mueller's investigation should be on Hillary Clinton and other Democrats. Along with Papadopoulos' guilty plea, Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort and deputy campaign manager Rick Gates were indicted on 12 counts, including money laundering and failing to disclose work as foreign agents. They pleade... Link to the full article to read more