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Preet Bharara: Former Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos 'almost certainly' has 'flipped' - ABC News

posted onNovember 6, 2017
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Article snippet: Former U.S. Attorney Robert Mueller's team. The charges against him send a message that “the Mueller team takes very seriously being lied to ... Lying to the FBI is a form of obstruction" of justice, said Bharara, who was part of a panel discussion on "This Week" about the Russia probe. The special counsel's team "clearly feel very seriously about [obstruction], and some people should be worried,” said the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Also on the "This Week" panel was Monica Lewinsky scandal. Starr agreed with Bharara that Mueller sent a message: “'Don’t lie to the FBI.'" "I think that is the message that Paul Manafort, it’s about the integrity of the investigation. Just tell the truth,” Starr said. But Starr and Bharara disagreed on whether President Trump has “crossed the line" against interfering with an investigation. "He's crossed the line a number of times," Bharara said. "It is a terrible thing for a president in this country to tell his Link to the full article to read more

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