Mueller's team urges U.S. judge to not consider mitigating factors in Manafort case

Special Counsel, Robert Mueller's team urged a U.S. judge on Saturday not to consider any mitigating factors in sentencing President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort for two conspiracy charges he pleaded guilty to last year in a cooperation deal with prosecutors that he later breached.

The recommendation from Mueller, who is investigating Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election and whether Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow, in the criminal case in federal court in Washington increases the likelihood Manafort will spend the rest of his life behind bars.