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directly with Clovis and Phares in connection with the summit of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group on Counterterrorism (TAG), a group for which Phares was co-secretary general.[1] On July 16, 2016, Papadopoulos attended the TAG summit in Washington, D.C., where he sat next to Clovis (as reflected in the photograph below).[2]
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George Papadapoulos (far right) and Sam Clovis (second from right)
Although Clovis claimed to have no recollection of attending the TAG summit,[3] Papadopoulos remembered discussing Russia and a foreign policy trip with Clovis and Phares during the event.[4] Papadopoulos's recollection is consistent with emails sent before and after the TAG summit. The pre-summit messages included a July 11, 2016 email in which Phares suggested meeting Papadopoulos the day after the summit to chat,[5] and a July 12 message in the same chain in which Phares advised Papadopoulos that other summit attendees "are very nervous about Russia. So be aware."[6] Ten days after the summit, Papadopoulos sent an email to Mifsud listing Phares and Clovis as other "participants" in a potential meeting at the London Academy of Diplomacy.[7]
Finally, Papadopoulos's recollection is also consistent with handwritten notes from a
- ↑ Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 16-17; 9th TAG Swnmit in Washington DC, Transatlantic Parliament Group on Counter Terrorism.
- ↑ 9th TAG Summit in Washington DC, Transatlantic Parliament Group on Counter Terrorism.
- ↑ Grand Jury
- ↑ Papadopoulos 9/19/17 302, at 16-17.
- ↑ 7/11/16 Email, Phares to Papadopoulos.
- ↑ 7/12/16 Email, Phares to Papadopoulos (14:52:29).
- ↑ 7/27/16 Email, Papadopoulos to Mifsud (14:14:18).
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