The White House released a statement Friday after Paul Manafort reached a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller to cooperate with the investigation, saying: “This had absolutely nothing to do with the President.”
NEW: White House @PressSec Sarah Sanders on Paul Manafort’s plea deal: "This had absolutely nothing to do with the President or his victorious 2016 Presidential campaign. It is totally unrelated.”https://t.co/I07uCEa5JX
— ABC News (@ABC) September 14, 2018