said papadopoulos told he had connections that could arrange the meeting between then-president trump and president putin. j.d. gordon tells cnn donald trump heard him out, but then senator sessions, who was a top campaign surrogate, shot down the idea of a meeting with putin, a source tells cnn. the next president will have a strategy in keeping with american traditions. reporter: this is video of papadopoulos speaking to an event in 2016 unrelated to the campaign. president trump downplayed his role, calling him a low level volunteer and liar. but papadopoulos s disclosures to the fbi as part of his plea are already affecting the administration. and we ve learned that the start of the trial and the paul manafort and rick gates case won t happen until may 7th, 2018, at the earliest because of the judge s schedule. prosecutors say it will take at least three weeks for them to lay out their case. that means the case will push
fbi for lying during the campaign are already affecting the administration. we learned the start of the trial and the manafort and rick gates case won t happen until may 7th, 2018 of the earliest because of the judge s schedule. prosecutors say it will take three weeks for them to lay out their case. the case will push into the summer keeping russia in the spotlight as the midterm congressional races heat up. jessica snyder, cnn washington. in light of these new revelatio revelations, one democratic senator accused jeff sessions of perjury i think he has pdone this three times. lets talk to michael.
campaign supervisor who the washington post identified as clovis about a potential trip to russia to meet russian officials. the supervisor responded, encouraging papadopoulos to make the trip. papadopoulos account was unsealed the same day as indictments of former campaign chairman manafort and his deputy rick gates in relation to their lobbying work for the ukraine government. in the indictments, the government alleges that they received tens of millions of dollars for their work. and to hide that income, laundered the money through, quote, scores of united states and foreign corporations partnerships and bank accounts. manafort and gates have pleaded not guilty to charges which cover activities prior to trump s presidential campaign. there is now a proposed start date for the manafort/gates trial of may 7th, 2018. the trial is expected to last more than three weeks. that would take it into the summer of 2018 just before key midterm elections.