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While campaigning for president, Donald Trump¹ pointed² to George Papadopoulos as one of his foreign policy experts, calling him, quote, "an excellent guy." Now that Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his interactions with Russians, Trump calls him low level and a proven liar³. NPR's David Schaper explores the former adviser's Chicago roots and his work on another presidential campaign.

DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE⁴: Before this week, few Americans knew the name George Papadopoulos, but 17-year-old Taylor Mauj (ph). She cuts the lawn at the North Side Chicago home Papadopoulos shares with his family. To hear now that the guy across the street is at the center of a Trump campaign controversy⁵ is...

TAYLOR MAUJ: Interesting. It's kind of weird⁶.

SCHAPER: Weird not just for the neighbors but for one of Papadopoulos' former college professors.

RICHARD FARKAS: I was surprised that he was a player.

SCHAPER: Richard Farkas taught Papadopoulos Russian politics and foreign policy at DePaul University.

FARKAS: I don't recall him being an outstanding student in that class.

SCHAPER: In fact, Farkas told member station WBEZ that he found Papadopoulos to be, quote, "overzealous" and a bit simple.

FARKAS: I don't know what George told them about his exposure to such people and such levels of authority, but my guess is it was a bit exaggerated.

SCHAPER: After graduating from DePaul in 2009 with a degree in political science, according to his LinkedIn profile, Papadopoulos earned a degree from University College London. And he worked as an intern⁷ and a research assistant at the conservative Hudson Institute. In late 2015, he was hired by Barry Bennett, who managed Ben Carson's campaign.

BARRY BENNETT: You know, he's a 28-year-old kid, young kid, who didn't really have a lot of experience other than his short tenure⁸ with Hudson.

SCHAPER: Papadopoulos was let go just six weeks later as the Carson campaign began to collapse⁹. Barry Bennett says he wasn't impressed with his work and was shocked three months later when Trump, in a meeting with The Washington Post editorial board, mentioned Papadopoulos as a member of his foreign policy team.

BENNETT: Had they asked me about George, I would've said he's a nice young man but not qualified¹⁰.

SCHAPER: On March 31 of 2016, there was Papadopoulos again, now sitting at a table with candidate Trump, then-Senator Jeff Sessions and other heavy hitters in a photo Trump called his national security team. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that was the only time Trump met with Papadopoulos. As the administration now seeks to distance itself from Papadopoulos, Trump took to Twitter to call him a low-level volunteer, and Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo belittled¹¹ Papadopoulos on CNN.

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MICHAEL CAPUTO: Here was the coffee boy. I mean, you might've called him a foreign policy analyst¹², but in fact, you know, if he was going to wear a wire, all we'd know now is whether he prefers a carmel macchiato over a regular American coffee.

SCHAPER: But such dismissals of his role are contradicted by court documents, which indicate that George Papadopoulos developed contacts with Russians who promised high-level access to their government and dirt on Hillary Clinton and that he emailed senior Trump campaign officials about those efforts. David Schaper, NPR News, Chicago.

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1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

6 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

7 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

8 tenure   

n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期

参考例句：

• He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
• Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。

9 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

10 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

11 belittled   

使显得微小，轻视，贬低( belittle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements. 她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。
• A poor but honest man is not to be belittled. 穷而诚实的人是不该让人小看的。

12 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。