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George Papadopoulos asks to avoid prison before Friday sentencing in Mueller probe
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/07/mueller-probe-former-trump-aide-papadopoulos-sentencing.htmlFormer Trump 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos is seen in a booking mugshot taken by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office as he was booked into the Alexandria Detention Center in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. July 28, 2017. P
Alexandria Detention Center | Reuters
Former Trump 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos is seen in a booking mugshot taken by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office as he was booked into the Alexandria Detention Center in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. July 28, 2017. P
George Papadopoulos, a former campaign advisor on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, is set to be sentenced Friday for lying to investigators during their probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Papadopoulos, 31, is trying to avoid prison. Instead, he is asking to be sentenced to probation, which his lawyers argue he has already effectively served since his arrest. Special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors, however, asked for a sentence of up to six months in prison.
The ruling Friday afternoon from Judge Randolph Moss in Washington, D.C., federal court will mark Papadopoulos as the first member of the Trump campaign to be sentenced in Mueller's probe of Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election.
Trump weighed in on the sentencing Friday, connecting Papadopoulos' experience with the special counsel to his own tug-of-war over a potential in-person interview with investigators.
"Everybody that looked at anybody over there, they get him on some kind of a lie," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One ahead of a campaign fundraiser in North Dakota.
"I see Papadopoulos today. I don't know Papadopoulos. I don't know him. I saw him sitting at one picture at a table. That's the only thing I know about him. I don't know him. But they got him on, I guess a couple of lies," Trump said.
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No probation. Lock. Him. Up.