Special Counsel Robert Mueller recommended in a court filing on Friday that a judge sentence former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos to up to six months in prison for lying to agents investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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“The government does not take a position with respect to a particular sentence to be imposed, but respectfully submits that a sentence of incarceration, within the applicable guidelines range of zero to six months imprisonment is appropriate and warranted,” Mueller said in the filing.
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Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in October to lying to FBI agents investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 7.
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