month, clearly there s a lot for the press to talk with sarah sanders about, it s a full house, standing room only today, clearly the mueller investigation will be a big part of this, because of what mueller said in a joint status report with attorneys for paul manafort, that he has been, according to the special investigator s office, lying to investigators as part of his cooperation agreement as part of a plea deal in this joint status report, the office of the special counsel saying after signing the plea agreement, he lied to the federal bureau of investigation and the special counsel s office in a variety of subject matters, which constitute breaches of the agreement. he believes he has provided truthful information and does not agree with the government s characterization or that he had breached the agreement. given the conflict in the party s positions, there is no reason to delay the sentencing herein and he asked the courts to set a sentencing date in this matter. paul manafor
the white house s assertion that the president was involved in no wrongdoing, things that had to do with mr. manafort i would refer you to his attorneys. from his jail cell in solitary confinement, manafort denied the story. the statement saying this story is false and deliberately libelous. i have never met julian assange or anyone connected to him. i have never been contacted by anyone connected to wikileaks directly or indirectly. wikileaks also issued a denial today saying wikileaks is willing to bet the guardian a million dollars and its editors headed that manafort never met assange. the report came after a special counsel robert mueller announced that manafort had breached the terms of his plea and cooperation deal by lying to the federal bureau of investigation and the special counsel s office on a variety of subject matters. while manafort is already in
presidential campaign could be good politics for the president. ed: honduras is the source of many of the migrants in that caravan and now tonight one of the honduran president s brothers is being charged by u.s. federal prosecutors of being a large-scale drug traffickers. antonio hernandez allegedly scheming to bring tons of cocaine into america. he has previously denied any involvement. breaking to make him counsel robert mueller claims that former trump campaign chair paul manafort has violated his plea deal by allegedly lying to the fbi on multiple subject matters. manafort claims he s been truthful but mueller s office argues in a filing that the government will also file in advance of sentencing that sets forth the nature of the defendant s crimes and lies including those after signing the plea deal herein. manafort was convicted on eight counts convicted to tax fraud in
special counsel s russia investigation. the government is claiming that paul manafort is in breach of his plea deal. the special counsel s motion with the court claiming that manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the fbi and the special counsel s office on a variety of subject matters. the government claims his plea remains in tact, but they will no longer recommend a reduction in sentence. mana farther s attorney says he met with the government on numerous occasions and believes he provided truthful information. david? pierre, thank you. we turn next here this evening to touchdown on mars. there were anxious moments at nasa s jet propulsion lab today, we were watching along with them, as a spacecraft made its final approach to mars. abc s clayton sandell is in pasadena. touchdown confirmed! reporter: tonight, a touchdown worthy of an interplanetary super bowl. that s great. they got it. reporter: moments later, this image from nasa s insight mission, proving it stu
bush, amerimark mcken janan and robinson. chief white house correspondent for the new york times, peter baker. joe and mika have the morning off. robert mueller s office is accusing former trump campaign chairman paul manafort of violating the plea deal he agreed to earlier this year. in a joint status report filed last night mueller s team writes this. after signing the plea agreement manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the federal bureau of investigation and to the special counsel s office on a viert of subject matters. manafort s lawyers are disputing those assertions. manafort s team writes manafort has provided information to the government in an effort to live up to his cooperation obligation. he does not agree with the