By Cordelia Lynch, US Correspondent
A Trump campaign adviser has described how a fellow aide suggested setting up a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before the US election.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, JD Gordon said he was sitting next to George Papadopoulos when the young adviser announced he could help arrange a discussion during a now infamous meeting of the campaign's national security committee on 31 March 2016.
The former spokesman for the Pentagon said Mr Papadopoulos, who has since pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents, was shot down by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
"He said that his friend was the Russian Ambassador in London," Mr Gordon revealed. "And that he could arrange such a meeting - and that was ultimately shut down within a few minutes by Senator Sessions, in no uncertain terms."
A Trump campaign adviser has described how a fellow aide suggested setting up a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before the US election.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, JD Gordon said he was sitting next to George Papadopoulos when the young adviser announced he could help arrange a discussion during a now infamous meeting of the campaign's national security committee on 31 March 2016.
The former spokesman for the Pentagon said Mr Papadopoulos, who has since pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents, was shot down by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
"He said that his friend was the Russian Ambassador in London," Mr Gordon revealed. "And that he could arrange such a meeting - and that was ultimately shut down within a few minutes by Senator Sessions, in no uncertain terms."