Manafort’s legal team has an agreement with Trump’s legal team. This means one of two possibilities:
1) Manafort is trying to run down the clock in the hope of a Presidential pardon after the investigation has ended.
2) Manafort’s lawyer is telling the truth and Manafort didn’t realise that he was making false statements.
The big point that I’m going to take away from this is that Mueller’s team knows that Manafort has made false statements and can prove it. This means that, unsurprisingly, Mueller’s team is 2 or 3 steps ahead of the game.
1) Manafort is trying to run down the clock in the hope of a Presidential pardon after the investigation has ended.
2) Manafort’s lawyer is telling the truth and Manafort didn’t realise that he was making false statements.
The big point that I’m going to take away from this is that Mueller’s team knows that Manafort has made false statements and can prove it. This means that, unsurprisingly, Mueller’s team is 2 or 3 steps ahead of the game.