Trump ex-aide Manafort lied to prosecutors: Judge

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s former election campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller by “intentionally” lying to prosecutors in the Russia probe, a federal judge has ruled. Manafort “made multiple false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, special counsel and the grand jury concerning matters that were material to the investigation”, including his contacts with his Russian associate during the 2016 presidential campaign and later, Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote on Wednesday. The judge’s finding about Manafort, 69, can add years to his prison sentence and came after a set of sealed court hearings, CNN reported. (IANS)

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