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**Attorney [[Alex van der Zwaan]] pleads guilty in the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia|U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.]], to making false statements to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] during [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election]]. Specifically, the charges were that he lied to investigators about his interactions with political consultant and lobbyist [[Rick Gates (political consultant)|Rick Gates]] and an unidentified Ukrainian-based associate of [[Paul Manafort]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/us/politics/alex-van-der-zwaan-gates-russia-mueller.html (''The New York Times'')] |
**Attorney [[Alex van der Zwaan]] pleads guilty in the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia|U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.]], to making false statements to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] during [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election]]. Specifically, the charges were that he lied to investigators about his interactions with political consultant and lobbyist [[Rick Gates (political consultant)|Rick Gates]] and an unidentified Ukrainian-based associate of former [[Donald Trump|Trump]] campaign manager [[Paul Manafort]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/us/politics/alex-van-der-zwaan-gates-russia-mueller.html (''The New York Times'')] |
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Revision as of 23:40, 20 February 2018
February 20, 2018 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War, Turkish military operation in Afrin
- Pro-Syrian government forces are sent to help the Syrian Kurds fight against Turkey and its allies in the Afrin Region. This action opens up a new front in the war. (The Independent)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017–18 South Pacific cyclone season
- Seven provinces in New Zealand declare states of emergency as Cyclone Gita makes landfall. (Newshub)
- Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704
- Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has a massive eruption, completely destroying the volcano's peak, as well as ash reaching 7 kilometres in the air. Ash has covered much of the ground surrounding the area. (QUARTZ)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Latvia
- Latvia will ask the European Central Bank not to renew the mandate of ECB Governing Council member Ilmārs Rimšēvičs, the head of the central Bank of Latvia since 2001, amid an ECB payment moratorium and an U.S. graft investigation into Latvia's third-largest lender, ABLV. On 19 January, Rimšēvičs was released on bail. (Bloomberg)
- Judiciary of Thailand
- A court in Thailand awards a Japanese man paternity rights over 13 of his children from Thai surrogate mothers. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- Attorney Alex van der Zwaan pleads guilty in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to making false statements to the FBI during the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Specifically, the charges were that he lied to investigators about his interactions with political consultant and lobbyist Rick Gates and an unidentified Ukrainian-based associate of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. (The New York Times)