https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/politics/george-papadopoulos-sentencing-hearing/index.htmlPapadopoulos' defense attorney, Thomas Breen, pointed fingers at President Donald Trump.
"The President of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever did," Breen said.
Breen told a rapt courtroom that Papadopoulos has already faced his penalty over the past year, and realized he needed to disavow the Trump administration in favor of the truth.
"The message is for all of us to check our loyalty, to tell the truth, to help the good guys," Breen said. He recalled how he and attorney Robert Stanley and Papadopoulos visited the FBI office in Chicago months ago and noticed the photos of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Trump hanging on the lobby wall.
"We were going in there to cooperate potentially against those two individuals," he said.
With the sentence, the young man whom Trump administration officials called a "coffee boy" and whose family members have argued is caught in a spy conspiracy will become the first Trump campaign affiliate to have his criminal case reach its completion in the court system.
hind·er1 ˈhindər/
verb
past tense: hindered; past participle: hindered
create difficulties for (someone or something), resulting in delay or
obstruction. "various family stalemates were hindering communication"
synonyms: hamper,
obstruct, impede, inhibit, retard, balk, prevent, thwart, foil, curb, delay, arrest, interfere with, set back, slow down, hobble, hold back, hold up, stop, halt;
