Manafort associate to cooperate with prosecutors after guilty plea
By Morgan Chalfant and Lydia Wheeler - 08/31/18 11:55 AM EDT
Sam Patten, a former associate of Paul Manafort, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to illegally acting as a foreign agent and has agreed to cooperate with government prosecutors.
Patten pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a federal law governing foreign lobbying, in federal court in D.C. on Friday.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson accepted his guilty plea.
He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, followed by supervised release for up to three years, and could be fined up to $250,000 for the offense.
As part of his plea agreement, Patten has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
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