UGeorge Papadopoulos kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uSimona Mangiante Papadopoulos bafika kwiNkundla yeSithili sase-US ngenxa yesigwebo sakhe eWashington, DC.U-ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Izithombe. Emva kokuba uGeorge Papadopoulos egwetywe iintsuku ezilishumi elinesine entolongweni ngokuxoka kubaphenyi baseburhulumenteni abasebenza egameni lomcebisi okhethekileyo uRobert Mueller, owayengumcebisi kaTrump, owayenemilomo evulekileyo noonozakuzaku bamanye amazwe eyamfika kumbindi weRussiagate, waqala utyelelo lweendaba-de- amandla. Kuyo yonke inyanga kaSeptemba nango-Okthobha, uPapadopoulos wasebenza ngokukhululekileyo phakathi kodliwanondlebe lomabonwakude ukuze axoxe ngento eyayiphikisa ukuba uprofesa onesithunzi onamaqhina aphakamileyo eKremlin owayemthembise ukungcola kuHillary Clinton eLondon wayekwicalaho kunye nobukrelekrele baseNtshona. Lo profesa, uJoseph Mifsud, ebelahlekile ukusukela nge2017.
Ukusuka ekubonakala phambili Umbono ukuya Tucker Carlson ngokuhlwanje , UPapadopoulos waba lixesha lomlilo likaTrump lokukhetha amajelo eendaba ngaphezulu komgaqo-nkqubo, esebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo ukuze anyelise ii-arhente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho kwaye amise ingxelo yakhe njengeyona iphambili.