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Paul Manafort faces more than 19 years in prison, U.S. court papers show
Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, could spend more than 19 years in prison on tax and bank fraud charges, according to court papers filed Friday. Documents filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office reveal that Manafort faces the lengthiest prison ...
Former Trump campaign chairman Manafort lied to investigators in Russia probe, judge rules
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counsel's Russia probe, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson's decision was another loss for Manafort, a once-wealthy political consultant who rose to lead ...
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 ...
An August 2016 meeting between President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and an associate with ties to Russian intelligence goes to the "heart" of the Russia investigation, according to a court transcript unsealed Thursday. The transcript from a sealed hearing in Paul Manafort's case provides ...
Judge clears courtroom to hear sealed U.S. evidence in Paul Manafort case
The federal judge who must decide whether Paul Manafort lied to investigators after pledging to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe began a hearing Monday in a sealed courtroom to discuss secret evidence gathered by the government. A court officer cleared the Washington ...
Paul Manafort disputes Robert Mueller's claims he lied to prosecutors
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, the convicted former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, denied in court papers that he broke his plea agreement by lying to prosecutors when he was supposed to be cooperating. The filing came Wednesday as Manafort's legal team seeks to limit ...
Belarusian model who claimed dirt on Trump arrested in Moscow after deportation from Thailand
A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand. Moscow police said in a statement carried by ...
Law firm tied to Paul Manafort agrees to pay $4.6 million and register as a foreign agent
A law firm tied to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's Ukrainian consulting work has agreed to pay more than $4.6 million and register as a foreign agent, the Justice Department said Thursday. The civil settlement with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher ...
Paul Manafort misled grand jury on Trump administration contacts, Robert Mueller filing says
Paul Manafort misled special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators and a federal grand jury about his communications with people in the Trump administration after the 2016 election, prosecutors said in a court filing. Prosecutors on Tuesday cited a May 26, 2018, text to Manafort by someone ...
Donald Trump's one-time presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in a court filing Tuesday he provided polling data from the campaign to a Russian with ties to intelligence during the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Manafort denied allegations from the Russian collusion investigation of Special Counsel ...
Any "misstatements" made by U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to federal prosecutors were "unintentional" and he would not seek a hearing to contest the allegation he lied, Manafort's lawyers said in a court filing. Manafort was responding to allegations in December ...
Contacts between Trump campaign and Russia — multiple and undeniable
On Jan. 11, 2017, Donald Trump was asked in his first press conference after his shock election victory, "Did you or anyone in your campaign have any contact with Russia leading up to or during the campaign?" "No, not at all," Trump responded. Fact check: Senior ...
