Mueller charges lawyer tied to Richard Gates with lying in Russia probe
Lying to the FBI--is a crime. I wonder just what he is concealing?
"Special counsel Robert Mueller is charging a man who communicated with former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates with making false statements to the FBI.
Attorney Alex Van Der Zwaan is charged with making “materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations” to the special counsel’s office and FBI agents, according to a court filing released Tuesday morning.
Van Der Zwaan allegedly lied about his last communications with Gates and then deleted emails requested by the special counsel’s office, according to the indictment.
He allegedly did so as part of his work for a firm hired by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice to prepare a report on the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine.
The new charges come as Gates is reportedly nearing a plea deal with Mueller that could lead to his testimony against Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman.
Gates was Manafort's business partner. Mueller indicted Gates and Manafort together last year, accusing them of working together over the years to launder money, among other crimes.
The pair had worked for lobbying clients overseas, including Viktor Yanukovych, a former president of Ukraine allied with Russia.
Van Der Swaan is accused of making false statements to the FBI about a report that he helped the Ukraine Ministry of Justice prepare in 2012 on the trial of a Ukranian politician named Yulia Tymoshenko."
Lying to the FBI--is a crime. I wonder just what he is concealing?
"Special counsel Robert Mueller is charging a man who communicated with former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates with making false statements to the FBI.
Attorney Alex Van Der Zwaan is charged with making “materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations” to the special counsel’s office and FBI agents, according to a court filing released Tuesday morning.
Van Der Zwaan allegedly lied about his last communications with Gates and then deleted emails requested by the special counsel’s office, according to the indictment.
He allegedly did so as part of his work for a firm hired by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice to prepare a report on the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine.
The new charges come as Gates is reportedly nearing a plea deal with Mueller that could lead to his testimony against Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman.
Gates was Manafort's business partner. Mueller indicted Gates and Manafort together last year, accusing them of working together over the years to launder money, among other crimes.
The pair had worked for lobbying clients overseas, including Viktor Yanukovych, a former president of Ukraine allied with Russia.
Van Der Swaan is accused of making false statements to the FBI about a report that he helped the Ukraine Ministry of Justice prepare in 2012 on the trial of a Ukranian politician named Yulia Tymoshenko."