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| Subject: Former Skadden Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Lying in Russia Investigation Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:44 pm | |
| WASHINGTON — An attorney whose firm was accused of whitewashing abuses by the former president of Ukraine in cooperation with Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to lying to the special counsel investigating Russian election interference.
The attorney, Alex van der Zwaan, worked in London for the prominent New York law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He was accused of making false statements regarding communications he had with Rick Gates, a longtime associate of Mr. Manafort and a former Trump campaign aide, about work they did in 2012 for the Ukrainian government, according to court papers.
Both Mr. Gates and Mr. Manafort have been charged by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, with money laundering and violations of tax and lobbying laws and have pleaded not guilty. The investigation into the two men is centered on foreign lobbying work they did before they worked on Mr. Trump’s campaign.
Mr. van der Zwaan, 33, a Dutch national, entered the plea in Federal District Court in Washington. A speaker of Russian, Dutch, English and French, Mr. van der Zwaan also is the son-in-law of a wealthy Russian, German Khan, who was on a roster of oligarchs named in a recent Treasury Department list of prominent Russians with links to President Vladimir V. Putin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/us/politics/alex-van-der-zwaan-gates-russia-mueller.html
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