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This Week: Mueller Hands Down First Sentence; Manafort In Ever-Hotter Water

WASHINGTON, USA - FEBRUARY 20: Alex Van der Zwaan arrives at the U.S. District Courthouse to plead guilty to charges of making false statements to investigators during Robert Mueller's FBI investigation into whether ... WASHINGTON, USA - FEBRUARY 20: Alex Van der Zwaan arrives at the U.S. District Courthouse to plead guilty to charges of making false statements to investigators during Robert Mueller's FBI investigation into whether or not Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential elections in Washington, United States on February 20, 2018. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) MORE LESS

April 6, 2018 1:24 p.m.

A busy week brought the first jail sentence to emerge from the Trump-Russia probe. Dutch lawyer Alex van der Zwaan was ordered to spend 30 days in jail and pay $20,000 for lying to Special Counsel Robert Mueller about conversations...

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