Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was heavily involved in the drafting of an op-ed defending his consulting work in Ukraine, which prosecutors argue violated a court order barring him from making his case in the press, according to new documents.
The Associated Press reported Friday that the court documents show that Manafort heavily edited the essay, which was published this week in an English-language Ukrainian newspaper under the name of a former spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The documents cited by the AP were filed by special counsel Robert Mueller, who indicted Manafort as part of his ongoing investigation into whether Trump campaign associates colluded with Russia amid Moscow’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.
Prosecutors say that the op-ed violates Manafort’s gag-order, and that the government should stop the $11 million bail agreement proposal. But attorneys for Manafort argue the essay does not violate the gag order given that the essay was never meant for a U.S. audience.
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Court papers show Manafort edited an op-ed published this week defending his work in Ukraine https://t.co/kqpn2t2WVR pic.twitter.com/hyClOjq0MU
— The Hill (@thehill) December 9, 2017
MANAFORT's Ukrainian ally said Manafort had "absolutely nothing to do with" an op-ed in @KyivPost defending Manafort.
MANAFORT's tracked changes version of the op-ed, filed just now in court by MUELLER, proves otherwise. pic.twitter.com/EiuaCfOEX7— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 8, 2017
"John Podhoretz is the greatest writer of his generation" — @JonahNRO, as edited by @jpodhoretz https://t.co/KZbAjsdNwP
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 8, 2017
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