Mueller says Manafort violated plea deal by lying to investigators

Paul Manafort.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office is accusing Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, of breaching his plea deal by repeatedly lying to FBI agents and prosecutors during recent interviews.

In a court report filed late Monday, Mueller's office that said because Manafort violated the agreement, they do not have to hold up their end of the deal, and it's now possible Manafort will face a harsher prison sentence. In August, Manafort was convicted of eight counts of financial fraud, and before he could face a second trial on additional charges, he signed a plea agreement in mid-September and pleaded guilty to two conspiracy counts.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.