papadopoulos role. it was limited and it was a volunteer position. no activities was done on behalf of the campaign. now, this report claims that papadopoulos set up a meeting between trump and the president of egypt two months before the election. does that sound like a volunteer or coffee boy adviser? it turns out some of them or if not all of them were not paid for their work. there was a lot of regret surrounding the creation of that advisory panel, remember that capacity of which carter also serves on the campaign. someone reported to be under government surveillance. he invited a lot of scrutiny of the campaign contact as well. there is a regret of forming the panel in the first place.
to share things that papadopoulos himself has not spoken publicly about on the advice of his lawyers as he awaits sentencing for lying to the fbi in the russia probe. his fiancee, an italian national who says she too was interviewed by the fbi in the russian investigation strongly refutes claims that papadopoulos was nothing more than a coffee boy. what have you seen, what have you read that doesn t square with what the georges papadopoulos you know? george papadopoulos is everything but a coffee boy. reporter: she says that despite what the white house says about her fiance. it was a volunteer position. he was the coffee boy. reporter: he was not a low level volunteer in the trump campaign or a rogue agent who acted without approval. he was foreign policy adviser for the campaign. he helped with trump s speech. he attended many events and entertained contacts with high level of officials of different
the white house and everyone else connected has done everything they can to have a different view. he s a nobody and it was a volunteer position. but there were a lot of quote unquote volunteers on this campaign. a lot of people who aren t paid. ban p, paul manafort, so what? yeah, so one, i think there s absolutely right that you don t necessarily have to be the highest rank iing official on a campaign to be privy to information in going ons in a campaign. i do think there s a little bit of truth in what they re both saying, although more to the papadopoulos side of the truth and it is to the trump side of the truth. if you go back this time and look at the campaign was like, it was very lean. some would say very small. it was not very sophisticated at all. in fact, they couldn t necessarily attract the star talent to come in to be their advisers. it was very, very disorganized. sam, no disrespect, the fact he
says about her fiance, george papadopoulos it was a volunteer position. he was the coffee boy. he was not a low-level volunteer in the trump campaign or a rogue agent who acted without approval. it was foreign policy adviser for the campaign. he helped those editing trump s speech on foreign policy. contact with high level officials of different countries. actively giving his input and insights in terms of strategies. and, of course, it was approved for any initiative. reporter: in march 2016, president trump named him as a top foreign policy adviser. george papadopoulos, he s an oil energy consultant. excellent guy. later papadopoulos met with the president and now attorney general jeff sessions where papadopoulos allegedly proposed setting up a meeting between
everything but a coffee boy. despite what the white house says about her fiancee, george papadopoulos it was a volunteer position. he was the coffee boy. he was not a rogue agent who acted without policy approval. he was a foreign policy adviser to the campaign. he helped edit trump s speech on foreign policy, entertained contacts with high levels officials of different countries. he was actively giving his input and insights on if terms of strategies and, of course, he was in contact with a high level official and got approved for any initiative. in march of 2016, president trump named him as a top foreign policy adviser. george papadopoulos . he s an oil and energy consultant, excellent guy. later, papadopoulos met with the president and now attorney