Paul Manafort ‘lied to the FBI’ despite plea bargain

Special counsel says former Trump campaign chairman’s deal is now off the table

Paul Manafort has ‘lied to investigators’ despite a plea deal
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Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has repeatedly lied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Mueller’s team has claimed in court.

Manafort’s alleged lies come despite a plea bargain he signed with the Mueller investigation in September, and “amount to new crimes”, according to The Guardian, meaning that investigators are no longer bound by their side of the deal.

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