Judge: U.S. needs to give more details on Manafort

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Tuesday said prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller must offer more details about the lies they claim former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has told them, even as defense attorneys said they might not contest that Manafort broke his plea deal.

Prosecutors redacted much of a court filing Friday from public view. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told prosecutors Tuesday that the filing did not provide enough information for her to determine that Manafort has breached the plea deal that requires him to fully cooperate with prosecutors.

Meanwhile, lawyers for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, are poised to ask a judge to spare him prison time in a sentencing memorandum.