• Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington last April. An August 2016 meeting between Manafort and an associate with ties to Russian intelligence goes to the 'heart' of the Russia investigation. That's according to a newly unsealed court transcript in Manafort's criminal case. | AP
    Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington last April. An August 2016 meeting between Manafort and an associate with ties to Russian intelligence goes to the "heart" of the Russia investigation. That's according to a newly unsealed court transcript in Manafort's criminal case. | AP

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WASHINGTON/NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – Paul Manafort says he didn’t lie and special counsel Robert Mueller can’t prove he did.

Mueller claims Manafort lied to investigators and the FBI while he was supposed to be cooperating with a probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. As a result, Manafort violated his plea deal, Mueller claims.

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