and many crimes committed by the democrats. a federal judge said former trump campaign chair paul manafort gave false statements in investigators in order to protect a russian conspirator. manafort lied to investigators on three occasions. in court transcripts released on friday, the judge questioned where his loyalties lie given that he gave false statements to shield a conspirator in a pro-russian lobbying effort. the judge was referring to kilimnik who the fbi linked to russia intelligence. the judge went on to say, i find by a preponderance of the evidence that mr. manafort made intentional false statements to the fbi and the grand jury with respect to the material issue of his interactions with kilimnik.