A Dutch lawyer has become the first person to be formally sentenced in US special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
London-based Alex van der Zwaal, 33, was handed a 30-day prison sentence and fined $20,000 (£14,200) after admitting that he had lied to investigators about contacts with former Trump aide Rick Gates, and failed to turn over emails to Mueller’s team in February.
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