A federal judge ruled Wednesday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors repeatedly about several aspects of Robert Mueller’s investigation despite signing a plea deal that committed Manafort to cooperating with the Russia investigation. The plea agreement stipulated that Manafort, who had already been found guilty on multiple counts of fraud in another case, “shall cooperate fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly with the Government.” District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, however, found that Manafort knowingly made false statements to the FBI and Mueller’s team in three matters even after submitting a guilty plea last September. The breach of the agreement, Jackson writes, means “the Office of Special Counsel is no longer bound by its obligations under the plea agreement, including its promise to support a reduction of the offense level in the calculation of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for acceptance of responsibility.”
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