George Papadopoulos Sentenced to 14 Days in Jail

By Jeralyn, Section Colorado News
Posted on Fri Sep 07, 2018 at 04:22:07 PM EST
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Update: George Papadopoulos, the first Trump associate to be sentenced in the Mueller probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, has been sentenced to 14 days in jail and 1 year supervised release for the crime of making false statements to the F.B.I. I assume he got a voluntary surrender -- I wonder where he will be designated to serve the sentence. Since he lives in Chicago, it could be this Residential Re-entry Facility.

Here is Papadopoulos' Sentencing Memorandum. Here is the Government's Sentencing Memorandum.

Update: According to reporters in the courtroom, Papadopoulos' lawyer told the Judge, " "The President of the United States hindered the investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever did.” He also said Papadopoulos was motivated to lie in part by Trump characterizing investigation as “Fake news.” CNN has more here. [More...]

One of the biggest lies was about when he met with Professor Mifshud. He kept telling the FBI it was before he was appointed Trump's foreign policy advisor. He now admits that it was on August 26, 2016 that Professor Mifsud told him individuals in Moscow possessed “dirt” on candidate Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails.”

The Government says in its sentencing memo that the lie hindered its ability to interview Mifsud before he left the U.S.

The defendant’s lies to the FBI in January 2017 impeded the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Most immediately, those statements substantially hindered investigators’ ability to effectively question the Professor when the FBI located him in Washington, D.C. approximately two weeks after the defendant’s January 27, 2017 interview. The defendant’s lies undermined investigators’ ability to challenge the Professor or potentially detain or arrest him while he was still in the United States. The government understands that the Professor left the United States on February 11, 2017 and he has not returned to the United States since then.

George will be gi