George Papadopolous, 30, was charged with willfully and knowingly making false statements to FBI agents regarding “the timing, extent and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials,” according to court documents.
Papadopolous was arrested on July 27 and pleaded guilty on Oct. 5.
Mr Papadopolous was an early foreign policy adviser for Trump’s presidential campaign.