Alex van der Zwaan, the Dutch, London-based lawyer who has admitted to lying to the FBI, is scheduled for sentencing at 10am ET Tuesday.
He will be the first individual sentenced in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Rick Gates, and Richard Pinedo, a California man who sold fake identities to Russians, also have pleaded guilty.
The former lawyer for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom admitted that he originally withheld information on 2016 exchanges he had with Gates and a “person A,” when speaking to investigators.
“Person A” is a former officer for Russia’s GRU military who still had ties to the agency, and Gates was aware of his past, according to documents filed last week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The mystery man is believed to be [Paul] Manafort employee Konstantin Kilimnik, though he has denied any connections to Russian intelligence, who are believed to have hacked and released Democratic emails as the most aggressive act of alleged election meddling.
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Beyond his work’s connection to the Ukraine dealings for which Manafort and Gates were charged with money laundering, he is also the son-in-law of Russian oligarch German Khan.
Read more: First figure in Trump-Russia investigation to be sentenced Tuesday (NY Daily News)