Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: George Papadopoulos is the reason the FBI started its investigation into whether President Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 election. We know this from that House intelligence memo that went public earlier this month. Papadopoulos was arrested last July and has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Now he's cooperating with investigators. So we're going to look at how he got involved with this investigation. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) FREDERICK RYAN: Mr. Trump, welcome to The Washington Post. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Thank you. RYAN: Thank you for making time... SHAPIRO: The story starts in March 2016 when candidate Trump announces his foreign policy team to The Washington Post. He lists five people, including... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TRUMP: George Papadopoulos. He's an oil and energy consultant - excellent guy. SHAPIRO: From our podcast Embedded, NPR's Ryan Lucas and Kelly McEvers
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