Disgraced former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort infamously blew up his plea agreement with prosecutors by repeatedly lying to them even after pledging full cooperation in their probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
However, the details of Manafort’s lies to prosecutors have long remained a secret — until Monday, that is, when Judge Amy Berman Jackson unsealed more lightly redacted documents showing the exact nature of Manafort’s deceptions.
In short, Manafort repeatedly lied to investigators about his dealings with Ukrainian national Konstantin Kilimnik, who was sanctioned earlier this year for giving Manafort-provided internal Trump campaign polling data to Russian intelligence services. Continue reading.