'Russian collusion was a fantasy': George Papadopoulos blasts Mueller probe for 'setting traps' for Trump campaign and says 'we still need answers' on how the investigation started after being pardoned by the president Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos appeared on Fox News on Wednesday night, a day after receiving a presidential pardon He thanked Trump before railing against his conviction and the Mueller report 'Russian collusion was a fantasy' he claimed as he accused ‘the Obama administration’s intel agencies’ of targeting him Papadopoulos also alleged that the Mueller investigators had ‘set various traps’ for him and other Trump campaign aides