President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort sought to make a deal with authorities ahead of his second trial in Washington, D.C., but the talks fell apart, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.
Manafort’s defense team reportedly held plea discussions with prosecutors last week, but the talks stalled over objections raised by special counsel Robert Mueller.
The Journal could not identify what those objections were, and representatives for Manafort and Mueller declined to comment for the report.
Manafort is facing a second set of charges in D.C. related to his work for a Russia-backed political party in Ukraine. He is being accused of failing to register as a foreign agent, among other charges.
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JUST IN: Manafort tried to make deal before second trial but talks stalled over Mueller objections: report https://t.co/d5rKFTD6Ef pic.twitter.com/Qi9jDa3cKp
— The Hill (@thehill) August 27, 2018
Well, that's one way to avoid assassination by people with strange, unsubstantiated ties to the Kremlin.https://t.co/ABmFg16RRS
— John Schindler (@20committee) August 27, 2018
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