Wife of George Papadopoulos goes off the deep end after Robert Mueller names her in sentencing recommendation
Earlier this week we brought you the story of how Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos was publicly calling for her husband George Papadopoulos to renege on his plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a sign that something was going haywire. Last night Mueller formally recommended that Papadopoulos go to prison for six months, which is at the harsh end of the sentencing guidelines for his deal. Mueller listed several reasons, and one of them involved Simona. She didn’t take it particularly well.
Robert Mueller is faulting George Papadopoulos for a number of things, ranging from letting Professor Joseph Misfud get away, to failing to turn over a cellphone. In addition Mueller asserted that Simona had made false claims about George’s testimony in media interviews. Mueller isn’t accusing Simona of anything criminal, but he’s nonetheless made a point of dragging her into this.
Some will take that as a sign that Mueller considers her interview claims to have been detrimental to the overall plea deal process, though there is nothing to specifically suggest that Mueller recommended a harsher sentence as a result of it. Nonetheless, this prompted Simona to complain on Twitter that “I thought freedom of speech was a fundamental right” before launching into numerous conspiracy theories about Professor Misfud, while also claiming that George was “set up by deep state spies.”
What Simona Papadopoulos seems to be missing here is that if her husband hadn’t cut a plea deal, he’d be facing multiple felony charges in relation to his alleged attempt at conspiring with the Russians to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, and he’d be looking at several years in prison. If she somehow convinces him to back out of his plea deal between now and the September 7th sentencing date, she’ll very likely ruin the rest of his life. Even if he does back out, Mueller got what he needed from Papadopoulos a very long time ago, and he’s since moved much further up the food chain.
