NEW: “You should do it.” Trump officials encouraged Papadopoulos’s foreign outreach, documents show. Emails show “coffee boy” Pap had extensive contact w/ both Trump campaign & transition officials–including Bannon & Flynn. washingtonpost.com/politics/you-s…
Trump aide Bryan Lanza urged #Papadopoulos to do an interview with Russian news agency, emphasizing the benefits of a US “partnership with Russia.” This corroborates account that Clovis encouraged Pap’s outreach to Russian officials. Pap wasn’t rogue, contrary to Trump propaganda 
"You're the best. Thank You."–wrote Trump deputy communications director Bryan Lanza, urging Papadopoulos to tell Russian press what he had previously told a group in Israel: that Trump believed Putin was a “responsible actor and potential partner."
#Papadopoulos was Trump's conduit for high-level foreign contacts–w/ Russia-allied Greek official, Russians & Egypt's al-Sissi. #Bannon requested talking points from Pap for latter meeting, asked P to contact the embassy on logistics, agreed Pap's work was "great move…home-run."
Like Bannon, Flynn also praised Papadopoulos's work w/ pro-Putin Greek nationalist offering an energy foothold in the Mediterranean and Balkans🤔. Flynn suggested the deal could be something to take on "early" and wrote to Pap "Stay in touch, and…we should get together, Mike."
Today’s report that top Trump campaign officials knew, encouraged & authorized #Papadopoulos’ high-level foreign contacts shows team Trump has been lying that he was only a minor campaign member. It seems even more likely that Pap told the campaign that Russia had Clinton emails.
