New documents filed in court by Paul Manafort’s lawyers appear to contradict his legal team\’s own claims that the former Trump campaign chairman’s team only lobbied on behalf of the Ukrainian government in Europe.
The revelation could be important as Manafort is trying to fend off charges from special counsel Robert Mueller that Manafort failed to register as a foreign agent in connection with his lobbying work for the Ukrainian government. Earlier this year, Mueller accused Manafort and his former deputy, Rick Gates, of secretly organizing a group of former European politicians known as the “Hapsburg group” to lobby in the U.S. for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his party.
