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From manafort, they're at war with each other. as far as cohen is concerned, although he, the special counsel recommended some leniency because he was getting some p cooperation, the u.s. attorney's office said really we want a harsh sentence of four to five years. eric: garrett tenney joins us from washington with more. >> reporter: the special counsel claims paul manafort repeatedly lied about a whole host of issues, before and after he signed a plea deal agreement. mueller says these were more than simple mistakes, quote, these were not instances of mere memory lapses. if the defendant cont...

With more on all this in washington. >> hey, paul manaforted repeatedly lied on a number of issues both before and after, he signed plea counsel with robert mueller's office, in court filing mueller's team describe lies, not instances of memory lapses, the government is available to prove the false statements at a hearing. a lot of the key points in this filing to get full picture of what manafort lied about. mueller's team lists 5 issues including 125,000-dollar payment through political action to cover debt that he owed, contacts with former employee, russian-ukrainian political consultant w...

But that meeting did not happen. this is what sarah huckabee sanders says -- the government's filings tell us nothing of value that was not already known. mr. cohen has repeatedly lied. as the prosecution has pointed out to the court, mr. cohen is no hero. paul mand afort, who did not fare much better, manafort told multiple discernible lies, not instances of mere memory lapses. i'm quoting here. the evidence demonstration that he had contact with administration officials, and way still in contact with officials this year. i want you to respond to what was said there. >> it is incredible. it's...

So, obviously the special counsel is making a case here that they can't trust manafort and they are going to go back and he told multiple discernible lies, it says. these are not instances of mere memory lapses. if the defendant contends the government has not acted in good faith the government is available to prove the false statements at a hearing saying they have the evidence to back it up. >> first of all, we know that paul manafort is not very discerning. he was nailed each before trial on the phone, essentially trying to influence witnesses. and that was a particularly moronic act since ...

So it's all tied together. >> yeah. and john, that point mimi just made about brett kavanaugh's minimizing of his drinking is crucial to his defense because he can't admit he has any memory lapses because that opens up a theoretical window to does he have a memory lapse about dr. ford? and so we have his friends from yale going to a point of having to get together, write an op-ed piece -- they say we each asserted that brett lied to the senate by stating under oath he never drank to the point of forgetting what he was doing. they all drank with him in college, they all saw him get to that poin...