George Papadopoulos Sentenced to 14 Days in Jail in Mueller Probe
- Papadopoulos, former Trump adviser, was first to plead guilty
- He lied about contacts with professor offering dirt on Clinton
George Papadopoulos, former campaign adviser for Donald Trump, arrives for sentencing at federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018.
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George Papadopoulos, a foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was sentenced to 14 days in jail for lying to investigators about his contacts with a U.K. professor peddling dirt from Russian officials about Hillary Clinton.
Papadopoulos in October became the first person to plead guilty in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. He’s the second defendant to be sentenced, after lawyer Alex van der Zwaan got 30 days behind bars.