Former Trump Advisor George Papadopoulos Sentenced To 14 Days In Jail For Lying To Fbi In Russia Probe

Former Donald Trump presidential campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos, who triggered the Russia investigation, and who pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI, leaves federal court after he was sentenced to fourteen days in prison, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in Washington

U.S District Judge Randolph Moss on Friday sentenced George Papadopoulos, ex-adviser to U.S President Donald Trump, to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI.

It was understood that Papadopoulos contacts with Russians set off the probe into possible collusion with Moscow.

The judge said that Papadopoulos “lied in an investigation that was important to national security.”

“In January 2017, I made a terrible mistake for which I paid dearly, I am ashamed,” Papadopoulos had told the court in Washington. “I was young and ambitious.”

The federal judge said he considered Papadopoulos’s “genuine remorse” in issuing the light sentence, which included a $9,500 fine, a year on parole and community service.

Papadopoulos has cooperated for more than a year with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the U.S presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

He has testified that senior campaign members encouraged him during 2016 to build ties with Russia, including after he told them that Moscow possessed - and could be willing to share - dirt on Trump’s election rival Hillary Clinton.





Disclaimer: Stories culled and pictures posted on this blog will be given due credit and is not the fault of drifternews.blogspot.com if website culled from misrepresents source of story.