#Alex van der Zwaan

[liberalsarecool]

They all knew. They all lied. They all conspired.

If Alex van der Zwaan knew Gates was dealing with Russians, a lot more people knew.

[seriousbusinessforhumans]

Heather Cox Richardson - December 22, 2020 (Tuesday)

https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson

Tonight, Trump pardoned 15 people, including four military contractors convicted of opening fire on a crowd and killing 14 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007. The men sparked an international outcry about the use of private military contractors in war zones when they fired machine guns and grenade launchers in what came to be known as the Nisour Square massacre. One had been sentenced to life in prison; the other three to 30 years each. When the massacre occurred, the four worked for the Blackwater Worldwide security company, founded by Erik Prince, a key Trump loyalist. Prince is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s brother. 

Trump also pardoned three Republican lawmakers, two of whom were early supporters of his: California Representative Duncan Hunter, convicted of stealing campaign funds, and New York Representative Chris Collins, convicted of insider trading and lying to the FBI. Trump also pardoned two more of the men swept up in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election: campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about a conversation he had about Russia’s possession of “dirt” on 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton; and Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch lawyer who was associated with Trump’s campaign chair Paul Manafort. Van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to making a false statement to investigators. Papadopoulos and van der Zwaan make up two of the now four people involved in the Russia investigation that Trump has pardoned or whose sentence he has commuted. The other two are his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and his adviser Roger Stone, who was convicted of lying under oath, withholding documents, and threatening a witness.

Normally, pardons go through the Justice Department, reviewed by the pardon attorney there, but the president has the right to act without consulting the Department of Justice. He has done so.

[dragoni]

Congrats to the Mueller Justice League. Mueller is starting at the bottom and working his way up. Be scared because #MuellerIsComingForYou

A federal judge in Washington sentenced Alex van der Zwaan, a 33-year-old lawyer who previously worked with Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.

Who is “Person A” from Russian military intelligence?

Van der Zwaan had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with another former Trump adviser, Rick Gates, and a person the FBI has assessed as being tied to Russian military intelligence.

A memo by deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein revealed in a court filing on Monday confirmed that Mueller was explicitly authorized to investigate allegations that Manafort colluded with the Russian government.

[sbnkalny]

Alex van der Zwaan looks like milo Yiannopoulos And Richard spencer had a baby

[malenipshadows]

*** If the hearing goes forward as scheduled, Papadopoulos could become the second defendant sentenced in Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.In April,   Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch attorney, was sentenced to 30 days in federal custody for the same charge: lying in the course of a federal investigation. Van der Zwaan admitted that he misled prosecutors about contacts related to work his law firm did as part of a campaign aimed at burnishing the image of Viktor Yanukovych, the president of Ukraine at the time. ***

[nowthisnews]

On December 21, Trump issued a new round of presidential pardons and sentence commutations, including ones for former campaign officials, Republican allies from Congress, and four Blackwater security contractors convicted in the deaths of 17 Iraqis, including two children. Former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and lawyer Alex van der Zwaan received pardons after making false statements to federal investigators during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the connection between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Sources close to the president suggest that this may foreshadow other Russia investigation-related pardons to come. Three former GOP members of Congress received pardons or sentence commutations for various criminal activities. Former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) was sentenced to serve 11 months in prison after misusing $200k in campaign funds for personal use; former Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) was in the midst of serving a 26-month sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud and giving false statements; and former Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) had been serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted of almost two dozen white-collar felonies, including fraud and money laundering. Hunter & Collins were two of the earliest lawmakers to publicly support Trump during his 2016 campaign. Trump also pardoned four Blackwater security contractors who were found guilty in the deaths of 17 Iraqis in a 2007 incident that's become known as the Nisour Square massacre. At least 20 others were also injured in this event. Three of the private security contractors were convicted of manslaughter and one other, Nicholas Slatten, was convicted of first-degree murder and serving a life sentence without parole. Witnesses said the four men fired on a crowd of Iraqi civilians in a public square without being provoked or attacked. Their pardon specifically was encouraged by Fox News host and Trump confidant Pete Hegseth. Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, is the brother of Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos. Other pardons included two former U.S. Border Patrol agents who were convicted of shooting an immigrant at the Mexican border in 2006 and a dentist who pleaded guilty to health care fraud. Trump also commuted the sentences two women convicted of non-violent drug crimes at the urging of Alice Johnson, whose own sentence was commuted by the president in 2018 with the help of Kim Kardashian West. Trump has pardoned other allies in the past, including Roger Stone and former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn, and has been alleged to have discussed preemptive pardons for his three eldest children—Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric—as well as for son-in-law Jared Kushner and personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.

[thepoliticalfuckery]

So everyone is clear on the “Witch Hunt”

Hillary Clinton Benghazi "Investigation"

4 years

0 indictments

0 convictions

Hillary Clinton Email "Investigation"

2 years

0 indictments

0 convictions

Trump-Russia Investigation

15 months

41 Indictments/Charges (Individuals) (and counting)

3 Indictments/Charges (Companies)

5 GUILTY pleas (and counting)

4 CONVICTIONS (and counting)

Roger Stone Adviser Obstruction of proceeding SCO 1 Indicted

Making false statements SCO 5 Indicted

Witness tampering SCO 1 Indicted

Indicted: Roger Stone

Indicted: Paul Manafort

Indicted: Rick Gates

Indicted: George Papadopoulos

Indicted: Michael Flynn

Indicted: Michael Cohen

Indicted: Richard Pinedo

Indicted: Alex van der Zwaan

Indicted: Konstantin Kilimnik

Indicted: 12 Russian GRU officers

Indicted: Yevgeny Prigozhin

Indicted: Mikhail Burchik

Indicted: Aleksandra Krylova

Indicted: Anna Bogacheva

Indicted: Sergey Polozov

Indicted: Maria Bovda

Indicted: Dzheykhun Aslanov

Indicted: Vadim Podkopaev

Indicted: Irina Kaverzina

Indicted: Gleb Vasilchenko

Indicted: Internet Research Agency

Indicted: Concord Management

Guilty Plea: Michael Flynn

Guilty Plea: Michael Cohen

Guilty Plea: George Papadopolous

Guilty Plea: Richard Pinedo

Guilty Plea: Alex van der Zwaan

Guilty Plea: Rick Gates

Over 191 Criminal Charges (and counting):

Conspiracy against the USA (2 counts)

Conspiracy to launder money (2 counts)

Bank fraud (8 counts)

Bank fraud conspiracy (10 counts)

I Subscribing to false tax returns (10 counts)

Making false statements (6 counts)

Failure to file reports of foreign bank accounts (14 counts)

Unregistered agent of a foreign principal (2 counts)

False FARA statements (2 counts)

Subscribing to false tax returns (10 counts)

Assisting in preparation of false tax documents (5 counts)

Conspiracy to defraud the United States (13 counts)

Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud (2 counts)

Aggravated identity theft (24 counts)

[prince-atom]

Hey, all you Tumblrites who are all like Look at all these things that are part of the omnibus spending bill but I’m going to pretend are part of the coronavirus relief package so I can be extra sore about just getting $600 maybe, guess what?

President Trump agrees with you!  So maybe you better think about your life choices.

So Preznit Stumphands pardoned George Papadopolous, he pardoned Alex van der Zwaan, he pardoned the four Blackwater murderers who shot up Nosour Square in Iraq in 2007, and then he stood up and said that he didn’t like the COVID stimulus bill, he wanted to give everyone $2,000 with his name on the check, and then threatened to veto the whole thing without uttering the word “veto.”

So now maybe we’re getting nothing.  No Smithsonian funding, no foreign aid, no meagre pittance for us proles.

[the-sayuri-rin]

JUST IN: Trump grants full pardons to George Papadopolous and Alex van der Zwaan — both convicted of charges brought by Robert Mueller. Trump also pardons former GOP congressmen Chris Collins & Duncan Hunter, and commutes the sentence of fmr rep Steve Stockman.

[liberalsarecool]

Hillary Clinton Benghazi "Investigation"

Duration: 4 years

0 indictments

0 convictions

Hillary Clinton Email "Investigation"

Duration: 2 years

0 indictments

0 convictions

Trump-Russia Investigation

Duration: 20 months

35 Indictments/Charges (Individuals) (and counting)

3 Indictments/Charges (Companies)

5 GUILTY pleas (and counting)

4 CONVICTIONS (and counting)

Indicted: Paul Erickson

Indicted: Roger Stone

Indicted: Paul Manafort

Indicted: Rick Gates

Indicted: George Papadopoulos

Indicted: Michael Flynn

Indicted: Michael Cohen

Indicted: Richard Pinedo

Indicted: Alex van der Zwaan

Indicted: Konstantin Kilimnik

Indicted: 12 Russian GRU officers

Indicted: Yevgeny Prigozhin

Indicted: Mikhail Burchik

Indicted: Aleksandra Krylova

Indicted: Anna Bogacheva

Indicted: Sergey Polozov

Indicted: Maria Bovda

Indicted: Dzheykhun Aslanov

Indicted: Vadim Podkopaev

Indicted: Irina Kaverzina

Indicted: Gleb Vasilchenko

Indicted: Internet Research Agency

Indicted: Concord Management

Guilty Plea: Michael Flynn

Guilty Plea: Michael Cohen

Guilty Plea: George Papadopolous

Guilty Plea: Richard Pinedo

Guilty Plea: Alex van der Zwaan

Guilty Plea: Rick Gates

Over 202 Criminal Charges (and counting):

Conspiracy against the USA (2 counts)

Conspiracy to launder money (4 counts)

Bank fraud (17 counts)

Bank fraud conspiracy (10 counts)

Subscribing to false tax returns (10 counts)

Making false statements (6 counts)

Failure to file reports of foreign bank accounts (14 counts)

Unregistered agent of a foreign principal (2 counts)

False FARA statements (2 counts)

Subscribing to false tax returns (10 counts)

Assisting in preparation of false tax documents (5 counts)

Conspiracy to defraud the United States (13 counts)

Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud (2 counts)

Aggravated identity theft (24 counts)

[yobaba30]

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team indicted or got guilty pleas from 34 people and three companies during their lengthy investigation.

That group is composed of six former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer. Seven of these people (including five of the six former Trump advisers) have pleaded guilty.

If you also count investigations that Mueller originated but then referred elsewhere in the Justice Department, you can add a plea deal from one more person to the list.

It’s a sprawling set of allegations, encompassing both election interference charges against overseas Russians, and various other crimes by American Trump advisers.

However, Mueller did not allege any crimes directly connecting the two — that is, that Trump advisers criminally conspired with Russian officials to impact the election.

Other reported focuses of Mueller’s investigation — such as potential obstruction of justice by the Trump administration — also did not result in any charges.

Justice Department officials told reporters that this is the final list, and that no more indictments are coming from the special counsel’s probe.

The full list of Mueller indictments and plea deals

1) George Papadopoulos, former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, was arrested in July 2017 and pleaded guilty in October 2017 to making false statements to the FBI. He got a 14-day sentence.

2) Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chair, was indicted on a total of 25 different counts by Mueller’s team, related mainly to his past work for Ukrainian politicians and his finances. He had two trials scheduled, and the first ended in a conviction on eight counts of financial crimes. To avert the second trial, Manafort struck a plea deal with Mueller in September 2018 (though Mueller’s team said in November that he breached that agreement by lying to them). He was sentenced to a combined seven and a half years in prison.

3) Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign aide and Manafort’s longtime junior business partner, was indicted on similar charges to Manafort. But in February 2018 he agreed to a plea deal with Mueller’s team, pleading guilty to just one false statements charge and one conspiracy charge. He was sentenced to 45 days in prison and 3 years of probation.

4) Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to making false statements to the FBI.

5-20) 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies were indicted on conspiracy charges, with some also being accused of identity theft. The charges related to a Russian propaganda effort designed to interfere with the 2016 campaign. The companies involved are the Internet Research Agency, often described as a “Russian troll farm,” and two other companies that helped finance it. The Russian nationals indicted include 12 of the agency’s employees and its alleged financier, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

21) Richard Pinedo: This California man pleaded guilty to an identity theft charge in connection with the Russian indictments, and has agreed to cooperate with Mueller. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and 6 months of home detention in October 2018.

22) Alex van der Zwaan: This London lawyer pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his contacts with Rick Gates and another unnamed person based in Ukraine. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and has completed his sentence.

23) Konstantin Kilimnik: This longtime business associate of Manafort and Gates, who’s currently based in Russia, was charged alongside Manafort with attempting to obstruct justice by tampering with witnesses in Manafort’s pending case last year.

24-35) 12 Russian GRU officers: These officers of Russia’s military intelligence service were charged with crimes related to the hacking and leaking of leading Democrats’ emails in 2016.

36) Michael Cohen: In August 2018, Trump’s former lawyer pleaded guilty to 8 counts — tax and bank charges, related to his finances and taxi business, and campaign finance violations — related to hush money payments to women who alleged affairs with Donald Trump, as part of a separate investigation in New York (that Mueller had handed off). But in November, he made a plea deal with Mueller too, for lying to Congress about efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

37) Roger Stone: In January 2019, Mueller indicted longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone on 7 counts. He accused Stone of lying to the House Intelligence Committee about his efforts to get in touch with WikiLeaks during the campaign, and tampering with a witness who could have debunked his story. He was convicted on all counts after a November 2019 trial.

Finally, there is one other person Mueller initially investigated, but handed over to others in the Justice Department to charge: Sam Patten. This Republican operative and lobbyist pleaded guilty to not registering as a foreign agent with his work for Ukrainian political bigwigs, and agreed to cooperate with the government.

That’s the full list - MORE HERE: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/20/17031772/mueller-indictments-grand-jury

[gov-info]

A. Special Cousel’s Office

On May 17, 2017, Robert S. Mueller III was appointed by acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel by the order below.

Order 3915-2017

Statements of Expenditures

Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

B. RELATED COURT DOCUMENTS

U.S. v. Roger Jason Stone, Jr. (1:19-cr-18, District of Columbia)

Roger Jason Stone, Jr., 66, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 25, 2019, following an indictment by a federal grand jury on Jan. 24, 2019, in the District of Columbia. The indictment, which was unsealed upon arrest, contains seven counts: one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.

Indictment

U.S. v. Michael Cohen (1:18-cr-850, Southern District of New York)

Michael Cohen of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2018, to making false statements to the U.S. Congress in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 (a)(2). Cohen was sentenced on December 12, 2018, to serve two months in prison and pay a $50,000 fine.

Plea Agreement

Criminal Information

U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr. (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)

Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty on September 14, 2018, to a superseding criminal information filed today in the District of Columbia, which includes conspiracy against the United States (conspiracy to commit money laundering, tax fraud, failing to file Foreign Bank Account Reports and Violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and lying and misrepresenting to the Department of Justice) and conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness tampering). On March 13, 2019, Manafort was sentenced to serve 73 months in prison, with 30 months to run concurrent with his sentence in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Superseding Criminal Information

Exhibits

Plea Agreement

Statement of the Offense

U.S. v. Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, et al (1:18-cr-215, District of Columbia)

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment on July 13, 2018, against 12 Russian nationals for their alleged roles in computer hacking conspiracies aimed at interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections. The indictment charges 11 of the defendants with conspiracy to commit computer crimes, eight counts of aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder money. Two defendants are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes.

Indictment

U.S. v. Konstantin Kilimnik (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a third superseding indictment on June 8, 2018, against Konstantin Kilimnik, of Moscow, Russia. Kilimnik is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.

Third Superseding Indictment

U.S. v. Richard W. Gates III (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)

Richard W. Gates III of Richmond, Va., pleaded guilty on Feb. 23, 2018, to a superseding criminal information that includes: count one of the indictment, which charges conspiracy against the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 (which includes conspiracy to violate 26 U.S.C. 7206(1), 31 U.S.C. 5312 and 5322(b), and 22 U.S.C. 612, 618(a)(1), and 618(a)(2)), and a charge of making false statements to the Special Counsel’s Office and FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.

Superseding Criminal Information

Plea Agreement

Statement of the Offense

U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III (1:18-cr-83, Eastern District of Virginia)

Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, of Richmond, Va., were indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 22, 2018, in the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment contains 32 counts: 16 counts related to false individual income tax returns, seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy, and four counts of bank fraud. On March 1, 2018, the court granted a motion to dismiss without prejudice the charges against Gates, following his guilty plea in a related case in the District of Columbia (1:17-cr-201). On Aug. 21, 2018, a federal jury found Manafort guilty on eight counts: counts 1-5, subscribing to a false individual income tax return for tax years 2010-2014; count 12, failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts for year 2012; count 25, bank fraud; and count 27, bank fraud. The court declared a mistrial on 10 counts (counts 11, 13-14, 24, 26, 28-32). As part of his plea agreement on Sept. 14, 2018, Manafort admitted his guilt of the remaining counts against him in this case. On March 7, 2019, Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.

Indictment

U.S. v. Alex van der Zwaan (1:18-cr-31, District of Columbia)

Alex van der Zwaan, of London, pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2018, to making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. Van der Zwaan was sentenced on April 3, 2018, to serve 30 days in prison and pay a $20,000 fine.

Criminal Information

Plea Agreement

Statement of the Offense

U.S. v. Internet Research Agency, et al (1:18-cr-32, District of Columbia)

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment on Feb. 16, 2018, against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities accused of violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes. The indictment charges all of the defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United States, three defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and five defendants with aggravated identity theft.

Indictment

U.S. v. Richard Pinedo, et al (1:18-cr-24, District of Columbia)

Richard Pinedo, of Santa Paula, Calif., pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2018, to identity fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028. On Oct. 10, 2018, Pinedo was sentenced to serve six months in prison, followed by six months of home confinement, and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.

Criminal Information

Plea Agreement

Statement of Offense

U.S. v. Michael T. Flynn (1:17-cr-232, District of Columbia)

Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn (Ret.), of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017, to making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.

Criminal Information

Plea Agreement

Statement of the Offense

U.S. v. George Papadopoulos (1:17-cr-182, District of Columbia)

George Papadopoulos, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, to making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. The case was unsealed on Oct. 30, 2017. On Sept. 7, 2018, Papadopoulos was sentenced to serve 14 days in prison, pay a $9,500 fine, and complete 200 hours of community service.

Criminal Information

Plea Agreement

Statement of the Offense

[sbnkalny]

Alex van der Zwaan looks like milo Yiannopoulos and Richard spencer had a BABY elephant wrapped its Trunk around my arm and wouldn't stop if his life sucks? well, that was the best Song released in the 90s, so stick that bit of apparel on, as advertised in that carol song

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[malenipshadows]

 *** Van der Zwaan’s connection to the Russia probe runs through Rick Gates, former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort’s deputy. Mueller indicted Gates in October, along with Manafort, on charges of money laundering and illegal lobbying. Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos were both also charged with lying to investigators, and pleaded guilty. Manafort is the only figure tied to the Trump campaign and charged by Mueller who hasn’t struck a plea deal.    Van der Zwaan’s story is convoluted and involves a Ukrainian internal political dispute from a decade ago. ***