Case 1:17-cr-00182-RDM *SEALED* Document 8 Filed 10/03/17 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Criminal No. 17- ~et)M} v. M"t3t~k No. 11-W\J-~ GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS Violation: 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (False Statements) Defendant. FILED INFORMATION The Special Counsel informs the Court: OCT O3 2017 COUNT ONE Clark, U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columll'· (False Statements) On or about the 27th day of January, 2017, defendant GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, to wit, defendant PAPADOPOULOS lied to special agents of the Federal Bureau oflnvestigation, concerning a federal investigation based out of the District of Columbia, about 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. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).) ROBERTS. MUELLER, III Special Counsel By: ~ JeieS.Rhee Andrew D. Goldstein Aaron S.J. Zelinsky The Special Counsel's Office