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April 4, 2018

Lawyer Gets 30-Day Jail Term in First Sentence of Mueller Probe
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian
meddling in the 2016 election has netted its first prison sentence. Alex
van der Zwaan, who worked with Donald Trump's former campaign chair Paul
Manafort and his aide Richard Gates, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in
prison and fined $20,000 on charges of lying to the FBI. Van der Zwaan
is a Belgian-born Dutch attorney who's married to the daughter of a
powerful Russian billionaire. He was charged after he failed to disclose
details to the FBI about work he did on behalf of a pro-Russia Ukrainian
political party.


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