WASHINGTON – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller III about matters close to the heart of their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Manafort’s lies, the judge found, included “his interactions and communications with (Konstantin) Kilimnik,” a longtime aide whom the FBI assessed to have ties to Russian intelligence. Jackson has said previously that she would consider whether to order Manafort to serve penalties in the two cases consecutively. Legal experts say Manafort faces a possible seven-to-10-year sentence in his related Virginia federal case, which U.S. District Judge T.S. The order marked the latest instance in which Manafort was found to have flouted the court’s directions.

Source: National Post February 14, 2019 15:11 UTC