A US special investigator accuses Trump's former campaign manager of having lied

Washington (APA / AP) – US Special Envoy Robert Mueller has accused former Trump campaign leader Paul Manafort of lying to investigators in the United States. Investigation of Russia. Manafort had lied to the FBI and the office of the Special Investigator on a number of issues and had thus broken his agreement with the judiciary, says a judicial document released Monday night (local time) and signed by Mueller among others .

Manafort rejected the allegation, according to the newspaper. Both parties agreed that in the legal proceedings against the 69 years, a date should be set for the announcement of the verdict.

Manafort has entered into a plea agreement, which is an agreement with the prosecutor. He pled guilty to the financial infringement case and cooperated with the investigators. After the testimony of his lawyers in the court document, he met several times with the investigators.

Manafort was a member of the Trump campaign team from March to August 2016, three months at the helm of the team.