Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani has said special prosecutor Robert S. Mueller III has assured Trump’s legal team that he will abide by that DOJ guidance. Whatever the case, it certainly adds to the list of contacts between Russians and the Trump campaign, which stands at 14 in total. Most notable in there, perhaps, were Manafort’s alleged lies about his contacts with a Ukrainian business associate, Konstantin Kilimnik. Mueller seems to be zeroed in on Kilimnik, and Manafort’s alleged lies are quite curious, in context. Then you layer on top of that the thoroughly strange arrangement in which Manafort’s legal team was still briefing Trump’s team even after Manafort agreed to cooperate.

Source: Washington Post December 10, 2018 18:50 UTC