Judge rules ex-aide lied to prosecutors
... US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Manafort "made multiple false statements" to the FBI, Mr Mueller's office and a grand jury ...
Manafort was convicted of financial fraud in August ...
Manafort, 69, then accepted a plea deal on other charges in return for co-operating with Mr Mueller's investigation.
In her ruling on Wednesday, Judge Berman Jackson said there was evidence that showed Manafort had lied about - among other things - contacts he had with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian political consultant. Prosecutors claim Mr Kilimnik had ties to Russian intelligence ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47234491
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