the heart of the mueller investigation on thursday in a hearing, federal prosecutor andrew wiseman laid out the case manafort mislead the government about a series of meetings manafort had with the russian political consultant with ties to russian intelligence. those meeting began when manafort was trump s campaign manager in 2016 and continued through 2018, the second year of the trump presidency. during those conversations, prosecutors say manafort and kilimnik repeatedly communicated about a so-called peace plan for ukraine starting in early august 2016. why manafort was misleading them, misleading the properties prosecutors, why that was so important he said this goes to the larger view of what we think is going on and what we think the motive here is.
about a series of meetings manafort had with the russian political consultant with ties to russian intelligence. those meeting ing began when manafort was trump s campaign manager in 2016 and continued through 2018, the second year of the trump presidency. during those conversations, prosecutors say manafort and kilimnik repeatedly communicated about a so-called peace plan for ukraine starting in early august 2016. why manafort was misleading them, misleading the properties c prosecutors, why that was so important he said this goes to the larger view of what we think is going on and what we think the motive here is. this goes, i think, very much to the heart of what the special counsel s office is investigating. and joining us now, glen
could potentially add more charges, given manafort s alleged breach. the request from manafort s team to hold off on releasing specifics about manafort s alleged lies came after the judge told the special counsel s lawyers she needs more details beyond what was laid out in that ten-page filing friday. besides a lot of blacked outlines, mueller s team specified five different subjects where manafort lied, including about meetings manafort had with his former business associate who has ties to russian intelligence and about his contacts with white house officials up to and including in february 2018, well after he had been indicted, and in may 2018, one month before he was thrown in jail for alleged witness tampering. while manafort s attorneys argued the 69-year old has been truthful, prosecutors argued in the papers they have proof to back up their claims. they cited text messages to prove manafort s contacts with administration officials including a senior administration official, as