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Manafort redacted1/24/2024 The latest allegations further detail how Manafort’s work on the campaign intersected with his past international work with Kilimnik. Prosecutors say Manafort breached their plea agreement by lying, but defense lawyers argued that any misstatements were simple mistakes made by a man coping with illness, exhaustion and extensive questioning from investigators. In its filing, the defense was trying to rebut allegations that Manafort intentionally lied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team after agreeing to plead guilty last September. READ MORE: Who is Konstantin Kilimnik, the suspected former Russian spy who worked closely with Paul Manafort? Although the filing does not say whether the polling information was public or what was done with it, it raises the possibility that Russia might have used inside information from Trump’s Republican campaign as part of its effort to interfere with the election on Trump’s behalf. The allegation marks the first time that prosecutors have accused Trump’s chief campaign aide of sharing information related to the election with his Russian contacts. Parts of the document were meant to be redacted, but Associated Press journalists were able to review the material in the online document because it wasn’t properly blacked out. The information was accidentally revealed in a defense filing by Manafort’s team. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors about sharing polling data during the 2016 presidential campaign with a business associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing Tuesday.
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