![]() The former Trump campaign chief’s lawyers said their client has been suffering from gout, anxiety and depression and that he never purposely lied to them during his 12 interview sessions with the special counsel and other prosecutors. The filing was submitted under seal on Monday, and the redacted version released on Tuesday. Manafort’s lawyers had been given until Monday to decide whether they would challenge the allegations, a move that would require a court hearing to weigh evidence, or simply ask the government to move on to sentencing. Manafort was responding to allegations in December by Mueller that Manafort had told “multiple discernible lies” to investigators, breaking a plea agreement struck in September. The filing also said that any “misstatements” made by Manafort, to federal prosecutors were “unintentional” and he would not seek a hearing to contest the allegation he lied. Trump has maintained there has been “no collusion”. Kilimnik has denied ties to Russian intelligence.īoth men were indicted in Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with the Trump campaign. ![]() Manafort allegedly shared the data while he was working on Donald Trump’s Republican campaign. The Associated Press was able to view the redacted material because it wasn’t properly blacked out.Īccording to the filing, prosecutors say Manafort lied to investigators about sharing the data with Kilimnik. The information is in a redacted court filing, unsealed on Tuesday, from Manafort’s lawyers. A new court filing says that US President Donald Trump‘s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied about sharing polling data on the 2016 presidential race with Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence.
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