place at the meeting," the new court filing says.

That meeting, in mid-March 2013, was attended by Manafort, California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and former Rep. Vin Weber, who is now a lobbyist with Mercury LLC, according to lobbying disclosures filed last year with the Justice Department. Rohrabacher and Weber were not identified in Friday's court filings, though their positions were referenced and the description in the court filing matches the record of the meeting in the lobbying disclosures.

Rohrabacher is one of the most Russia-friendly lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He regularly embraces Kremlin-aligned talking points and has forged friendly relations with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Rohrabacher has given private interviews to the Senate and House Intelligence committees, which are conducting their own investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Rohrabacherspokesman Ken Grubbs acknowledged that the congressman attended the meeting with Manafort and Weber.

"The three reminisced and talked mostly about politics," Grubbs said in a statement about the 2013 meeting. "The subject of Ukraine came up in passing. It is no secret that Manafort represented Viktor Yanukovych's interests, but as chairman of the relevant European subcommittee, the congressman has listened to all points of view on Ukraine."

Grubbs also told CNN that Mueller's office has not had any contact with Rohrabacher.

Mercury said it had acted appropriately and was cooperating with Mueller.

"Rick Gates' pleaded guilty to making false statements today. He admitted that he didn't tell the truth to the Government and didn't tell the truth to our lawyers when he spoke to them about this project," Mercury said in