We don’t know whether special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has found evidence of collusion or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. But for the fourth time, he has proved a Trump aide lied about contacts with Russians. A judge on Wednesday voided former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s cooperation deal with the government, agreeing with Mueller’s team that Manafort lied about three matters. And that means the courts have found a fourth example of a Trump aide lying about contacts with Russians. And among the lies Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded to was lying about contact with a “female Russian national.”To be clear, not all of these lies are created equal.

Source: Washington Post February 14, 2019 01:36 UTC