Manafort Sentencing Set for March 5 After Plea Deal Uproar

Mueller says Manafort scuttled plea deal with lies and crimes
Trump says possibility of Manafort pardon ‘not off the table’

Paul Manafort exits federal court in Washington on May 23, 2018.Photographer: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg

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By Andrew M Harris, David Voreacos, and David S Joachim

November 30, 2018 at 3:15 PM UTC

Updated on

November 30, 2018 at 4:21 PM UTC

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Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman accused of lying repeatedly to Special Counsel Robert Mueller after pledging to cooperate, is set to be sentenced March 5 on two conspiracy charges.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson set the tentative date Friday after a tumultuous week in which Mueller said Manafort breached a plea agreement through unspecified crimes and lies. The judge gave prosecutors until Dec. 7 to lay out how they say Manafort breached his cooperation agreement since pleading guilty on Sept. 14 in Washington federal court.