Judge splits on Manafort lying charges

Source: Politico | February 13, 2019 | Darren Samuelsohn

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The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson confirms some of Mueller’s latest set of charges against the former Donald Trump campaign chairman that he lied during guilty-plea-stipulated cooperation sessions about his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime aide alleged to have ties to Russian intelligence.

Jackson, however, ruled that Mueller had “failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence” that Manafort intentionally made a false statement about his contacts with the Trump administration. Jackson’s four-page order said Mueller was “no longer bound” by the plea agreement terms he’d reached with Manafort in September, including the special counsel’s pledge to support a less-stringent sentence.

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