WASHINGTON—A former Trump campaign adviser should spend at least some time in prison for lying to the FBI during the Russia probe, prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that also revealed several new details about the early days of the investigation. According to prosecutors, the FBI “located” the professor in Washington about two weeks after Papadopoulos’ interview and Papadopoulos’ lies “substantially hindered investigators’ ability to effectively question” him. Papadopoulos has played a central role in the Russia investigation since its beginning as an FBI counter-intelligence probe in July 2016. Papadopoulos was also the first Trump campaign adviser to plead guilty in Mueller’s investigation. Article Continued BelowSince then, Mueller has returned two sweeping indictments that detail a multi-faceted Russian campaign to undermine the U.S. presidential election in an attempt to hurt Clinton’s candidacy and help Trump.

Source: thestar August 18, 2018 16:07 UTC