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A former Donald Trump campaign adviser has been jailed for two weeks for lying to the FBI which triggered investigations into Russian election interference. George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty and told a judge he was ‘deeply embarrassed and ashamed’ for lying about his contacts with Russian intermediaries. Papadopoulos, the first campaign aide sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, acknowledged Friday that his actions hindered an investigation of national importance. Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos has been sentenced to 14 days in jail for lying to the FBI and hindering a national investigation of high importance (Picture: Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images) A judge said the move resulted in the 31-year-old putting his own self-interest above his country. In addition to the 14 days, Papadopoulos was also ordered to pay a $9,500 (£7,350) fine and 200 hours of community service. The punishment was far less than the maximum six-month sentence sought by the government, but more than the probation that Papadopoulos and his lawyers had asked for. Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Trump’s campaign, has been a central figure in the Russia investigation dating back before Mueller’s May 2017 appointment. His case was also the first to detail a member of the Trump campaign having knowledge of Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election while it was ongoing. US District Judge Randolph Moss said Papadopoulos’ deception was ‘not a noble lie’ and said he had lied because he wanted a job in the Trump administration and didn’t want to jeopardise that possibility by being tied to the Russia investigation. Papadopoulos was also ordered to pay a $9,500 (£7,350) fine and 200 hours of community service (Picture: Alexandria Sheriff’s Office/Reuters) The judge said: ‘In some ways it constitutes a calculated exercise of self-interest over the national interest.’ Got a story for Metro.co.uk? If you have a story for our news team, email us at webnews@metro.co.uk. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Moss noted that many similar cases resulted in probation but said he imposed a sentence of incarceration partly to send a message to the public that they can’t lie to the FBI. The sentence drew a quick response from Trump on Twitter, as he scoffed at the two weeks of prison time by comparing it to an unverified cost figure for the Mueller probe. He wrote: ’14 days for $28 MILLION – $2 MILLION a day, No Collusion. A great day for America!’ According to a sweeping indictment handed up this summer, Russian intelligence had stolen emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other Democratic groups by April 2016, the same month Papadopoulos was told by a professor that Russian officials had told him they had ‘dirt’ on Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails.” Papadopoulos later used his connections with the Maltese professor, Joseph Mifsud, and other Russian nationals in an attempt to arrange a meeting between then-candidate Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. US President Donald Trump was quick to comment on the sentence (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) 14 days for $28 MILLION – $2 MILLION a day, No Collusion. A great day for America! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2018 He admitted last year to lying to the FBI about those contacts with Russians and Russian intermediaries, false statements that prosecutors say caused irreparable harm to the investigation during its early months. Prosecutors say those false statements, made during a January 2017 interview with federal investigators, led the FBI to miss an opportunity to interview Mifsud while he was in the United States in early 2017. In court on Friday, prosecutor Andrew Goldstein said Papadopoulos’ cooperation ‘didn’t come close to the standard of substantial assistance.’ He continued: ‘It was at best begrudging efforts to cooperate and we don’t think they were substantial or significant in any regard.’ He said Papadopoulos’ deception required investigators to scour more than 100,000 emails and gigabytes of data to reconstruct the timeline of his contacts with Russians and Russian intermediaries. Even after his arrest and plea agreement last year, Goldstein said, Papadopoulos continued to be difficult, only providing information after being confronted with documents such as emails and text messages. He was the first to plead guilty in Mueller’s probe and is now the first Trump campaign adviser to be sentenced (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) In response, defense lawyer Thomas Breen said his client was ‘remorseful’ that his lies impeded the investigation. Papadopoulos lied because he was torn between wanting to cooperate and wanting to remain loyal to a president whose administration he hoped to join, Breen said. Trump campaign adviser gets two weeks in jail for lying about Russian contacts His client was also affected by Trump’s cries of ‘fake news’ and his casting of the Russia investigation as a ‘witch hunt’ just days before his FBI interview. Breen said: ‘The president of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever could.’ He described his client as a ‘patriot,’ who wasn’t trying to help Russia. But he acknowledged that Papadopoulos was unsophisticated, naive and even a ‘fool’ for having made contacts with Russia intermediaries during the campaign. Breen said his client’s primary interest was brokering a meeting between Trump and Putin, a move he believed the campaign supported. In court papers, Breen wrote that during a March 2016 meeting attended by Papadopoulos, Trump nodded with approval at the idea, and then-Senator Jeff Sessions ‘appeared to like’ it and said the campaign ‘should look into it.’ Papadopoulos tried to arrange a meeting between then-candidate Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Picture: Getty Images) That clashes with what Sessions, a key campaign aide and now Trump’s attorney general, told the House Judiciary Committee last November. In that testimony, Sessions said he resisted the idea of any Russia meeting proposed by Papadopoulos. Outside the courthouse Friday, Breen said Papadopoulos didn’t recall ever telling anyone in the campaign about the fact that Russia had dirt on Clinton in the form of emails. Breen also rejected the idea that Papadopoulos was the victim of a witch hunt or prosecutorial misconduct. ‘We have seen no such thing. We have seen no entrapment. We have seen no set up by U.S. intelligence people,’ he said, noting that he also had no reason to believe that Papadopoulos was the subject of a warrant obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Asked if Papadopoulos still remained loyal to Trump, Breen smiled wryly and paused for a beat. ‘We don’t talk politics,’ he said. Got a story for Metro.co.uk? If you have a story for our news team, email us at webnews@metro.co.uk. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
