US court jails lawyer over lying to Mueller's Russia probe

The first sentence has been handed down in special counsel's Russia investigation.

Alex van der Zwaan, a former lawyer of a top campaign aide of US President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $20,000 for lying to the special counsel in an ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections.

Meanwhile, US media is reporting that Trump is not currently a criminal target, but is still part of the ongoing investigation.

The Washington Post says a conversation took place between Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Trump's attorneys last month.

Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi reports from Washington, DC.