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

Paul Manafort.
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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.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.