This Papadopolous guy was trying very hard to get Trump to meet with the Russians and I suspect he was put up to it in order to trap Trump.
It was Sessions who shot down Papadopolous’s efforts to ensnare Trump :
but if he cut a deal,,then he has dirt on somebody....
Wonder if Ivan Timofeev knows Podesta and friends. Wondering because he pops up only after Papadopolous fails to arrange a meeting, is shot down, to claim that Papadopolous tried to call them to arrange a meeting.
Sounds to me like Timofeev is trying to reinforce or establish the appearance that Papadopolous was acting on his own and wasn’t put up to it by either the FBI, the Russians, or the Clinton campaign, maybe even Fusion GPS.