Report: Mueller's team believes Manafort lied about business dealings


Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, allegedly lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators about his personal business dealings and contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, a former associate in Ukraine, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
Manafort agreed to cooperate with Mueller in September, after being found guilty in August of bank and tax fraud. On Monday, federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing that Manafort breached his plea agreement by lying to Mueller's team and FBI agents; Mueller's office will submit a memo detailing these alleged lies before Manafort is sentenced.
Kilimnik worked for Manafort's lobbying firm in Ukraine, and both men were indicted by Mueller earlier this year after they allegedly planned to contact people who worked with them in an attempt to coordinate their stories. Mueller has been interested in Manafort and Kilimnik's relationship for a while now, people familiar with the matter told the Journal, and his team believes Manafort lied about payments he received related to his lobbying work. Read more about Manafort's alleged misrepresentations at The Wall Street Journal.
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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.
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