U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in order Wednesday that Paul Manafort had violated his plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Her order also said the Mueller had shown by a preponderance of evidence that Manafort had lied about three of the five topic areas prosecutors accused the former Trump campaign chairman of making intentionally false statements. In the other two topic areas, Mueller has failed to sufficiently prove that Manafort lied.
Specifically Berman Jackson found by a preponderance of the evidence that Manafort had lied about a $125,000 payment, about certain interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik, a business associate Mueller …read more
Source: TPM
