saying he would work for the feds in effect by cooperating with the special counsel. this filing says manafort lied about his interactions with konstantin kilimnik, a russian who has alleged ties to russian intelligence. also says manafort lied about a separate doj investigation about a wire transfer and about contact with trump administration officials. according to the feds, manafort has said he had no direct or indirect communications with anyone in the trump administration. but federal prosecutors write, quote, the evidence demonstrates that manafort had contacts with administration officials. for instance, in a text exchange from may, 26 of 2018, manafort authorized a person to speak with an administration official on manafort's behalf. separately, according to another manafort colleague, manafort said in february, 2018, that manafort had been in communication with a senior administration official up through february, 2018. a review of documents recovered from a search of manafort's