The following article by Spencer S. Hsu was posted on the Washington Post website April 3, 2018:
Alex van der Zwaan, an associate of former Trump aide Richard Gates, was sentenced to 30 days in prison for lying to office special counsel Robert Mueller. (Reuters)
A London-based lawyer was ordered to serve 30 days in prison after a federal judge Tuesday handed down the first sentence in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Alex van der Zwaan, 33, a son-in-law of a prominent Russian-based banker, pleaded guilty Feb. 20 to lying to the FBI about his contacts in September and October of 2016 with a business associate of onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and with Manafort’s deputy, former Trump aide Rick Gates. Prosecutors said van der Zwaan also destroyed emails the special counsel had requested. Continue reading “First sentence handed down in Mueller probe”