Manafort lies nix fed deal, Mueller says

Paul Manafort, the criminally convicted former chairman of President Trump’s campaign, lied to federal investigators about “a variety of subject matters” after copping a plea deal two months ago, special counsel Robert Mueller charged in an explosive filing late Monday.

Manafort (photo) committed “crimes and lies” in several interviews with FBI agents and special counsel investigators in clear violation of the plea agreement he signed in September, Mueller’s team said in the filing, adding all assurances made to the ex-Trump campaign head as part of the deal should now be off — including possible sentencing leniency.

Mueller, who is investigating possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 election, did not reveal what Manafort has allegedly lied about but pledged to file a “detailed” update on the nature of his lies ahead of his sentencing.

A spokesman for Manafort did not return a request for comment, but the former Trump campaign official’s legal team disagreed with Mueller’s assertions in a response filing.

“He believes he has provided truthful information and does not agree with the government’s characterization or that he has breached the agreement,” Manafort’s lawyers said.

Both sides asked U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington, D.C., to promptly schedule a sentencing date for Manafort.

Manafort, 69, is separately facing sentencing on Feb. 8 for the financial fraud crimes he was convicted of in Virginia in August.

After his conviction in that case, Manafort pleaded guilty in the Washington case to two counts of conspiracy and agreed to fully cooperate with the special counsel’s office.

Nearly all of the crimes Manafort has been accused and convicted of stem from his shadowy lobbying work on behalf of pro-Kremlin political forces in Ukraine.

Without a reduced sentencing recommendation from Mueller, Manafort could face 10 years behind bars off of the Washington case alone.