Mueller Cites Texts to Show Manafort Hid Outreach to Trump
- Ex-Trump campaign chief lied in five ways, prosecutors say
- Filing rebuts claim he didn’t try to contact administration
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Paul Manafort misled Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators and a federal grand jury when he said he wasn’t communicating with people in the Trump administration as he was under investigation, prosecutors said in a court filing.
Prosecutors on Tuesday cited a May 26, 2018, text to Manafort by someone with apparent access to President Donald Trump, who is referred to as POTUS. “If I see POTUS one on one next week am I ok to remind him of our relationship?” the person wrote. After Manafort replied, “Yes,” he added, “Even if not one on one.” At the time, Manafort was awaiting trial in Virginia on bank- and tax-fraud charges.