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Judge rules Paul Manafort violated Mueller plea deal by lying

This authoritative-secondary source from Axios supports 1 claim across 1 ledger entry.

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Axios
Published
2019-02-13
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  1. factfound-liable

    Judge Amy Berman Jackson found by a preponderance that Manafort intentionally lied to investigators about three subjects, including interactions with Kilimnik, and thereby breached his cooperation agreement. She found the government had not proved two other alleged lie subjects. The adverse judicial finding therefore did not accept every prosecution allegation.

    Three-of-five ruling, breach consequence, and sentencing posture

    Judge finds Manafort intentionally lied after agreeing to cooperate · Plea breach established; court rejected two other alleged lie subjects