1/ Paul Manafort told “multiple,� “discernible lies� to the FBI and the special counsel’s office concerning five different matters after agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors. Federal prosecutors accused Manafort of lying about his “contact with administration officials� and his interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian tied to Moscow’s intelligence services. Manafort met with Kilimnik twice during the campaign. Robert Mueller’s team said Manafort made multiple false statements that were “not instances of mere memory lapses� over the course of 12 meetings with the FBI and the special counsel after signing a plea agreement in September. (NBC News / New York Times / The Guardian / Washington Post / CNN)

2/ Federal Prosecutors with the Southern District of New York said that while Michael Cohen gave federal investigators “relevant and useful� information, he still deserves a “substantial� prison term of about four years for his “extensive� criminal conduct. Prosecutors said Cohen “repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends� and “repeatedly declined to provide full information about the scope of any additional criminal conduct in which he may have engaged or had knowledge.� Mueller also revealed that Cohen told them that a well-connected Russian national offered Cohen “political synergy� with the Trump campaign in November 2015. The person claimed to be a “trusted person� in the Russian Federation offering the campaign “synergy on a government level.� Federal prosecutors also implicated Trump in the illegal payments that violated campaign finance laws to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, saying Cohen “acted in coordination and at the direction of Individual-1,� who we know as the person currently serving as president of the United States. (Washington Post / NBC News / New York Times / The Guardian / ABC News / CNN / Bloomberg)

READ: Sentencing memorandums for Cohen. (CNN)

5 takeaways from the Cohen and Manafort filings. (