Mueller says Manafort told ‘discernible lies’ about talking to senior Trump administration official
by Kelly Cohen
| December 07, 2018 06:34 PM
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort told “discernible lies†to FBI investigators and special counsel Robert Mueller in the months since a plea deal agreement reached in Washington.
"These were not instances of mere memory lapses," said Mueller's office. A majority of the rest of the details of what Manafort lied about are redacted in the court document filed late Friday by Mueller’s office.
Late last month, prosecutors told a federal judge that Manafort "committed federal crimes by lying" about “a variety of subject matters†— even after he agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s office.
According to Mueller’s office on Friday, Manafort met with special counsel investigators, as well as FBI investigators, nine times since the plea deal was reached in September. Manafort also testified before a grand jury on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2.
Mueller’s office said they told Manafort’s attorneys on Nov. 8 that they believed their client lied “in multiple ways and on multiple occasions.â€
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