Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied repeatedly to the FBI after making a plea agreement to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller, prosecutors charged Monday.
Manafort, 69, now faces a stiff prison sentence as the result of his August conviction in Virginia and for his guilty plea in a separate Washington, DC, case where he pledged to help prosecutors.
“The government will file a detailed sentencing submission … that sets forth the nature of the defendant’s crimes and lies, including those after signing the plea agreement herein,” Mueller’s team said in a court filing late Monday.
“As the defendant has breached the plea agreement, there is no reason to delay his sentencing.”
Mueller’s team did not spell out what Manafort lied about.
He was convicted in a Virginia federal court on eight counts of financial fraud.
He avoided a second criminal trial in DC by pleading guilty to conspiracy charges.
In the court papers, Manafort insisted he supplied “truthful information” and denied misleading prosecutors.
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