Report: Paul Manafort Has Been Giving Trump’s Legal Team Updates On What Mueller Asks

1
manafort
>>Follow Matzav On Whatsapp!<<

Even after Paul Manafort pledged to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in hopes of a lighter prison sentence, his attorneys continued giving the president’s legal team updates, including what the special counsel asked about during interviews, according to a report by the New York Times.

One of the president’s lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, confirmed the ongoing discussions to the Times and said he’d continued getting briefings from Kevin Downing, an attorney for Manafort, who previously served as the campaign manager for President Donald Trump.

 

Giuliani argued to the Times that the briefings help the president’s team devise a legal strategy and give insights as to what the special counsel is focusing on in its two-year investigation. The Times noted that Manafort’s discussions with Trump’s attorneys did not break any laws but could have helped crumble his deal with Mueller.

 

Read more at USA Today.

{Matzav.com}


1 COMMENT

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here