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Trump’s former campaign aide bags 14 days jail term
The first casualty in the probe into Russia’s influence in the last presidential elections has emerged in the person of George Papadopoulos, a former adviser to Donald Trump.
Papadopoulos has been handed 14 days jail term after he pleaded guilty for lying to FBI during the probe whether campaign members coordinated with Russia before US election.
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While handing down his ruling, US District Judge Randolph Moss on Friday said Papadopoulos whose contacts with Russians set off the probe into possible collusion with Moscow,”lied in an investigation that was important to national security.”
Papadopoulos, the first campaign aide sentenced in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, had said he was “deeply embarrassed” and acknowledged that his actions could have hindered the FBI agents’ work.
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