AP FACT CHECK: Trump puts words in mouth of Manafort judge
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March 8, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming an exoneration that was not given, a "very honored" President Donald Trump is putting words in the mouth of the judge who sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to nearly four years in prison. Trump is misrepresenting a statement by Manafort's lawyer, too.
TRUMP: "Both the Judge and the lawyer in the Paul Manafort case stated loudly and for the world to hear that there was NO COLLUSION with Russia." — tweet Friday.
THE FACTS: This did not happen, loudly, quietly or at all.
The case in Virginia was not related to Manafort's work on the Trump campaign a...
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