First sentence handed down in Mueller investigation News
First sentence handed down in Mueller investigation

In the first sentencing in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Muller [official website] into Russian meddling, 33-year-old Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison and a $200,000 fine, followed by two months of supervised release.

Van der Zwaan pleaded guilty [text, PDF] in February after being indicted [order, PDF] on charges of lying [JURIST report] to special counsel prosecutors and the FBI regarding his communications with former Trump advisor Rick Gates in August 2016.

Prior to receiving his sentence from US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, van der Zwaan apologized to his family and acknowledged his wrongdoing to the court.

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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