By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos is strongly considering withdrawing his guilty plea after special counsel prosecutors recommended a six-month jail sentence, according to his wife Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos struck a deal with prosecutors last year, pleading guilty to misleading FBI agents during the Russian election meddling investigation. In exchange for his cooperation, Robert Mueller’s team was going to recommend leniency.
But a six-month jail sentence is not what he was expecting.
His wife told ABC that “he will make his final decision” Tuesday.
“He needs a serious conversation with his attorney.”
On Monday, Papadopoulos tweeted, “Been a hell of a year. Decision.”
Mueller’s prosecutors recommended jail time because they said Papadopoulos “caused damage” to the investigation by misleading investigators.
In October, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with a professor, identified in news reports as Joseph Mifsud, who said he had dirt on Hillary Clinton.
