Back in the United States, The New York Times reports lawyers for Donald Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort briefed the president at the White House about Manafort’s cooperation with federal investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller. The briefings by Manafort lawyer Kevin Downing were confirmed by Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump’s personal attorneys. The meetings were not illegal but were highly unusual and reportedly infuriated investigators with Mueller’s team. On Monday, the special counsel’s office said Manafort violated his cooperation agreement with Mueller by repeatedly lying to federal investigators.