Special counsel Robert Mueller's sentencing memorandum for Paul Manafort, due before midnight to a federal judge in Washington D.C. District Court Friday, could reveal all details about the former Trump campaign manager's case, including revealing how he has cooperated with prosecutors in the long-running Russia investigation.
The report most likely will include details about Manafort's business schemes and the lies he told after agreeing to cooperate with Mueller's investigation, reports CNN, but the details about his cooperation until now have been closely guarded.
The Manafort interviews have been considered a key part of Mueller's investigation into Russia and the 2016 presidential election, and with new reports that the probe is about to wrap up could be a key piece of information to come out before the special counsel files his final report.
On Friday, the sentencing memo will concern the federal charges of conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses, both of which Manafort pleaded guilty to in September. He has been in jail since June for the witness tampering charge.
Prosecutors have called for a sentence of up to 25 years in prison and tens of millions in fines, but consequences outlined in the sentencing report could add to that total, CNN reports.
Manafort's lawyers have a deadline of Monday to file their own request for sentencing, which will take place for his case in Washington on March 13. On March 8, he will be sentenced for eight financial fraud convictions in a separate case in Virginia.
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