Long a shadow advisor to Donald Trump, this colorful character has built his reputation on his mastery of twists over the past forty years. Roger Stone was found guilty last November of all the charges against him. Namely: lying under oath, subornation of witness and obstruction of justice. He notably lied before Congress about his contacts with the organization WikiLeaks about the democratic emails hacked during the presidential election. He pushed an associate to lie about his role as intermediary between him and Julian Assange. He will know his sentence Thursday, February 20. He faces 20 years in prison, which could end his dirty trickster career.
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Several other members of the entourage, more or less close, of Donald Trump have been indicted or already condemned in the wake of the investigation by Robert Mueller.
Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison, notably for fraud, violation of the laws on the electoral campaign. Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS
Michael Cohen is already behind bars. The office and the home of the ex-lawyer of Donald Trump were searched in April 2018. The interested party, who for a long time boasted of being the “pit bull” of his rich client, had quickly preferred to cooperate with the justice . His name appears a hundred times in the famous Mueller report.
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He will receive three years in prison. He was found guilty of fraud, violation of the laws on the electoral campaign for having minted in 2016 the silence of two women claiming to have had an affair with Donald Trump. He also admitted to having lied before Congress on the continuation until June 2016 of discussions on the construction of a Trump Tower in Moscow. He started serving his sentence on May 6. He recently sought early release. In vain.
Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI. Sentencing is due at the end of the month. Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS
Michael Flynn is the only White House alumnus to be prosecuted. He briefly held the post of National Security Advisor - twenty-two days to be precise - before being swept away by the Russian affair. Retired General Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak during the transition from Barack Obama to Donald Trump. The accused last month sought to withdraw his agreement and postpone the hearing. To do this, he must obtain the consent of the judge. Under the agreement, the general faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison in exchange for his cooperation in the investigation. When lying to the FBI is an offense punishable by up to five years in prison. The sentencing was delayed until the end of the month.
Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison for tax fraud and bank fraud. Lucas Jackson / REUTERS
If he did not have the honor to follow Donald Trump to the White House, Paul Manafort can still boast of having, at least a few months, been his campaign manager. Several crimes had been exhumed during the Russian investigation. To everyone's surprise, the septuagenarian had accepted an agreement to plead guilty. Justice later found that he had violated the terms of the latter.
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Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison by the federal courts for tax fraud and bank fraud. He had hidden tens of millions of dollars in commissions from Ukraine from the taxman. He has since escaped another 25 years of incarceration in New York court. He can still hope for a possible presidential pardon. In the meantime, the inmate is serving his sentence in a Pennsylvania prison.
Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in prison for conspiracy against the United States and false testimony. Brian Snyder / REUTERS
Rick Gates' testimony has a lot to do with Paul Manafort's conviction. He worked for the latter from 2006 to 2016 and was the assistant campaign director for Donald Trump. This allowed him to attract the leniency of the judge. He was sentenced in December to 45 days in prison and three years probation for conspiracy against the United States and false testimony. He even obtained from the judge the possibility of serving his sentence only on weekends. He was accused of lying to the investigators. He also had to answer for embezzlement committed with his former partner. If he had not decided to cooperate with the justice system, he risked "between 50 and 100 years in prison," he admitted when he was interviewed against his ex-partner. He also testified at the Roger Stone trial.
Alex van der Zwaan was sentenced to 30 days in prison and a $ 20,000 fine for lying to FBI investigators. Leah Millis / REUTERS
Dutchman Alex van der Zwaan worked closely with Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. In 2012, before the duo joined the Republican campaign team, the lawyer worked with them in a firm responsible for restoring the image of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich. He was the first to be convicted in the Russian case. He was sentenced in April 2018 to 30 days in prison and a fine of $ 20,000. He had lied to FBI investigators about his communications with Rick Gates. He also admitted to having deleted several emails. Alex van der Zwaan also happens to be the son-in-law of the Russian oligarch German Khan.
George Papadopoulos was sentenced in September 2018 to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI. Yuri Gripas / REUTERS
Finally, George Papadopoulos is the one through whom all the scandal happened. In April 2016, when the young adviser had been working for less than a month for the Republican candidate, a London professor, supposedly linked to the Kremlin, had assured him that Moscow has "thousands of emails" containing what " to smear ” Hillary Clinton. Unwise, the young man will later boast about it to an Australian diplomat, which will lead Canberra to warn the FBI.
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The former adviser was sentenced in September 2018 to 14 days in prison after pleading guilty in October 2017 for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials.
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