After being found guilty on eight counts of financial fraud in Virginia in August, Paul Manafort avoided a second trial by pleading guilty to charges pending in DC and agreed to cooperate with the special counsel.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller pulled that deal Monday, notifying the court Manafort had lied to prosecutors in violation of his cooperation agreement.
Prosecutors will file a more detailed explanation of what they believe Manafort lied about to investigators on Dec. 7. Manafort’s defense team will then have until January to reply, leading to a likely late January hearing on the matter.
Today, the judge in Manafort's DC case set a sentencing date for March 5th
CNN:
Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court has been a harsh critic so far of Manafort's legal maneuvers. She reprimanded his work ghost-writing an op-ed for a Ukrainian newspaper about himself after his arrest, and she denied every request he made to challenge the legal underpinnings of his indictment and Mueller's approach. She also revoked his house arrest in June, sending him to jail because of the witness tampering accusation.
Jackson has also taken issue more than once with Manafort's lead attorney, Kevin Downing, after he grew impassioned during court proceedings and raised his voice.
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Jackson did note that the March sentencing date could be moved back as well.
If Jackson agrees that he broke his deal, Manafort's likely sentence in the DC case is between 17 and almost 22 years in prison, according to his plea agreement. He will be sentenced separately in February for his convictions in Virginia.
Manafort also faces the possibility of a retrial and/or additional charges.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is considering retrying former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on a slew of federal charges that resulted in a hung jury over the summer.
At a hearing in federal court Friday morning, prosecutors said they are also weighing leveling new criminal charges for Manafort, contending that he obstructed justice and committed additional federal crimes since entering a plea agreement with the special counsel in September.
Paul Manafort sentencing planned for March in DC case (CNN)
Mueller could hit Manafort with retrial, new charges (Politico)