US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not know that his former 2016 presidential campaign chairman,Paul Manafort,allegedly shared polling data with a business partner who prosecutors say had ties to Russian intelligence.
A new court filing says ex-Trump campaign chairman shared polling data on 2016 presidential race with a man accused of having ties to Russian intelligence.
Paul Manafort,facing intensifying pressure to settle debts and pay mounting legal bills,flew to Ecuador to offer his services to a new client.
The arrangement was highly unusual and inflamed tensions with Mueller's office when prosecutors discovered it after Manafort began cooperating two months ago.
A report in the UK media claims Manafort secretly met Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London within days or weeks of being brought aboard Trump's campaign.
His tweets followed several high-profile developments on Monday in the investigation by Mueller,who is preparing a report on his findings.
Manafort lied to the FBI and special counsel investigators after pleading guilty to federal charges,breaching his plea agreement,according to a court filing.
He once called his lawyer Michael Cohen a"great man". After an explosive day of legal dramas,Trump has changed his tune.
Tuesday's guilty plea by Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen was,without question,a disaster for a President who has so far been able to survive seemingly any scandal.
The shock guilty plea deal by Donald Trump's long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen will most likely have the most significant ramifications for the President.
Jurors signalled on Tuesday they were struggling to reach agreement on one of the 18 counts of financial crimes.