Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s attorney repeatedly spoke with the president’s lawyers about discussions with federal investigators after Manafort agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump in the special counsel’s investigation, confirmed the arrangement to the newspaper and argued that the conversations provided valuable insight.
Giuliani said Manafort’s lawyer, Kevin Downing, relayed that investigators pressed Manafort on what Trump knew about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign associates and a Russian lawyer who had promised dirt on then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“He wants Manafort to incriminate Trump,” Giuliani claimed to The Times, referring to Mueller.
Trump’s legal team has maintained a joint defense agreement with witnesses in Mueller’s investigations, including Manafort. However, it is uncommon for those agreements to continue after a witness reaches a plea agreement with prosecutors, The Times reported.
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that she was unaware of discussions about a possible pardon for Manafort.
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JUST IN: Manafort’s attorney repeatedly briefed Trump’s lawyers about his talks with Mueller: report https://t.co/LDr34xTUVJ pic.twitter.com/RDYZbdbsVr
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