International political consultant W. Sam Patten was sentenced to 36 months probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $5,000 fine on Friday for failing to register as a foreign agent, after spending months cooperating with federal prosecutors.
Patten pleaded guilty in August 2018 to failing to register as a foreign agent of Ukraine, admitting in his plea that he helped steer $50,000 through a straw donor to the Trump inaugural committee to obtain tickets for his Ukrainian clients.
U.S. federal law prohibits foreign contributions to inaugural committees and political campaigns.
Special counsel Robert Mueller referred Patten’s case to D.C. federal prosecutors, who …read more
Source: TPM
