He was a foreign policy advisor to the campaign according to the court documents. The White House aren't disputing that but are saying he was doing so voluntarily.
What is interesting is that it seems no-one knew this outside of the investigation until now despite pleading guilty in July because they wanted to keep it a secret:
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/925026667768229888
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This is significant. Papadopolous agreed to cooperate with Mueller in July, and Mueller didn't want his cooperation known.
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He is being described as a 'proactive cooperator' who would not be able to continue being so if his status was known:
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/925025511516114944
It seems Papadopoulos was acting as an informant until very recently unbeknownst to anybody else. So who else did he talk too during that time?
Speculation from some that he might even have been wearing a wire:
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/925029460142944258
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Assange would. He is far more implicated with Russia than anyone else we've talked about here.
However I don't know what e-mails we're talking about. DNC e-mails would not be subject to a FOI request.