As part of a plea deal, the Justice Department agreed to recommend that Nader only receive the mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison. These meetings later fell under the shadow of the Russia investigation, and Nader became an important cooperator for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. He agreed to help Mueller and was permitted to leave the US, but was arrested when he returned in 2019. "The only human relationship I have here is with my attorney and some other inmates and guards in the jail," Nader said, adding that most of his relatives are in his native Lebanon. He has been housed at the jail in Alexandria, Virginia, but will likely be transferred to a federal prison at some point soon.

Source: CNN June 26, 2020 17:26 UTC