“You see Mr. Manafort changing his story so as not to implicate” others, Mr. Andres told the judge. Mr. Weissmann said that in several instances, Mr. Manafort “went out of his way” to withhold evidence that could have been used against Mr. Kilimnik. Mr. Manafort’s lawyers have argued that Mr. Manafort never deliberately lied, but only inadvertently misstated certain facts. Mr. Weissmann described that arrangement as “to put it charitably, a scheme,” and that Mr. Manafort lied to hide knowledge of it. Mr. Manafort and Mr. Kilimnik maintained ties both during the five months that Mr. Manafort worked for Mr. Trump’s campaign and after Mr. Manafort was fired as campaign chairman in August 2016, prosecutors said.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 01:21 UTC