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Manafort Asks Judge to Revisit Order on Lies to Special Counsel

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked a federal judge Monday to reconsider her earlier ruling that Manafort violated his plea agreement by lying about his contacts with suspected Russian spy Konstantin Kilimnik.

WASHINGTON (CN) - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked a federal judge Monday to reconsider her earlier ruling that Manafort violated his plea agreement by lying about his contacts with suspected Russian spy Konstantin Kilimnik.

Paul Manafort leaves the federal courthouse in Washington on Feb. 14, 2018. The trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending on properties and clothing and allegations that the political consultant laundered money through offshore bank accounts. What’s likely to be missing: answers about whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The details of the request remain under seal for now, but a short order from U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson entered into the docket in the case shows it is a request to reconsider her earlier decision based on new evidence.

The docket entry specifically references a supplemental filing last month from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office that informed Jackson of new information relevant to Manafort's plea deal that came up in an interview with longtime Manafort associate Rick Gates.  

Jackson said in the short order Monday she will "deem [Manafort's] filing as a motion for reconsideration" of her earlier decision. The motion is under seal for now, but Manafort and Mueller's office will discuss whether portions of the filing may become public, according to the order.

Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced in Washington, D.C., on March 13.

He pleaded guilty to head off a second criminal trial after a federal jury in Virginia found him guilty last year of various financial crimes. In Washington, Manafort pleaded to conspiring to defraud the United States, obstruction of justice and violations of lobbying laws in relation to work he did on behalf of a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.

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