Manafort faces midnight deadline to respond to Mueller claims he lied after plea deal

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: MSN

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is facing a deadline of midnight Monday to reply to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s allegations that he lied to federal agents after agreeing to a plea deal.

D.C. District Court Judge Amy Jackson, who has directed Mueller's team to reply to Manafort's response by Jan. 14, set the Monday response deadline after Mueller alleged in a bombshell filing in November that Manafort had lied about "a variety of subject matters" since his plea deal earlier this year, thereby violating the agreement.

Manafort, 69, has denied Mueller's claims. The former D.C. power player was convicted in a Virginia trial on multiple counts of financial fraud over the summer in connection to work he completed in Ukraine as a political consultant.

Approaching a separate trial on similar charges in September in Washington, D.C., Manafort entered into an arrangement with the government to avert the proceedings in exchange for offering his full cooperation. Manafort has remained in jail and was expected to face at least 10 years in prison.

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[C Moon]

1. "...at least 10 years in prison." Give it to him!!!

[fascisthunter]

2. People in my Tax Bracket get more...

... for doing a lot less. THIS needs to change if we want folks to believe in a Democracy. Sorry for the edit, but that was a serious brainfart.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. This right here.

[orangecrush]

4. K&R

[BigmanPigman]

5. Tick tock...one hour left (EST).

[Stonepounder]

6. Well, time's up. Wonder if he made the deadline.

Haven't heard anything but crickets on Rachael about it.

[pnwmom]

7. He did not. Some have speculated they filed something sealed, but the site I follow,

Courtlistener, usually says when something has been sealed.

And there's nothing listed for the 7th at all.

[Nitram]

8. Manafort's problem is that he'd have to lie if he contested the charges, and that would just

add more charges and prison time.