Manafort deal with Mueller 'really good for the country,' Ken Starr says: 'We should want the truth'
QUINN SCANLAN
ABC NewsSeptember 16, 2018
Manafort deal with Mueller 'really good for the country,' Ken Starr says: 'We should want the truth' originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr, who led federal investigations of President Clinton, said special counsel Robert Mueller's striking a deal to win the cooperation of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is a "very significant breakthrough" and “really good for the country."
Starr told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on "This Week" Sunday, “It is very likely that Paul Manafort has indicated through his counsel and directly that he can provide very helpful information, useful information to get to the bottom of what Bob Mueller and his team have been charged to do. So it is a very significant breakthrough.”
"And so it’s all the more helpful that Paul Manafort has said, 'You – you have me and I’m going to give you the truth and nothing but the truth,'" Starr said. "So I think this is this is really good for the country… Let’s get to the truth of the matter.”
On Manafort agreeing to the deal, Starr said, “Given the seriousness of the charges that were awaiting him, he did the right thing. He did the smart thing.”
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