Judge orders Mueller probe to give names to Manafort

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered prosecutors to tell Paul Manafort by Friday the names of the European politicians and unidentified “others” that investigators allege were part of Manafort’s secret lobbying campaign for Ukraine.

In an order Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson mostly denied Manafort’s challenge to the legal adequacy of his indictment in the District of Columbia for conspiracy and money laundering brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Jackson did say Manafort’s legal team should be given the names of the politicians and others to help him prepare for trial.

Prosecutors contend Manafort conspired with others to advocate on behalf of the Ukraine government in 2012 but failed to register in the U.S. as a lobbyist for a foreign government.