Manafort’s NY fraud case tossed over double jeopardy concern

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge threw out state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, ruling Wednesday that the criminal case was too similar to one that has already landed President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman in federal prison. The ruling was a blow to what had widely been seen as an attempt... Read More

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Paul Manafort

December 18, 2019

Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort hospitalized during prison term

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized while serving his federal prison sentence. Manafort, who is serving more than seven years in prison after being convicted as part of the special counsel’s Russia investigation, was moved to the hospital last Thursday from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, his attorney... Read More

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Paul Manafort

June 27, 2019

Manafort set to be arraigned on mortgage fraud charges

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s imprisoned former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, is set to be arraigned in New York City Thursday on state mortgage fraud charges seen as a ploy to keep him locked up if he is pardoned for federal crimes uncovered during the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 14, 2019

Manafort faces state charges after drawing more federal time

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison on federal charges, then was hit almost immediately with fresh state charges in New York that could put him outside the president’s power to pardon. In Washington on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Amy... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 13, 2019

Manafort returning to federal court for another sentencing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort faces his second sentencing hearing in as many weeks, with a judge expected to tack on additional prison time beyond the roughly four-year punishment he has already received. Manafort, 69, faces up to 10 additional years in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday in Washington in... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 7, 2019

Manafort scheduled to learn sentence for tax and bank fraud

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — When former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is sentenced for tax and bank fraud , U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III will likely issue the same lecture he gives to drug dealers and bank robbers. “You write the pages to your own life story,” Ellis routinely tells defendants before pronouncing sentence.... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 4, 2019

Manafort family business defends name as cousin sits in jail

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — What do you do if you share a name with one of the most prominent defendants in the special counsel’s investigation into Russia? Paul Manafort’s daughter decided to change her name . Leaders of New Britain, Connecticut, considered renaming Paul Manafort Drive, a street named after his father. At Manafort Brothers... Read More

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Paul Manafort

February 26, 2019

Facing prison, Manafort asks for leniency in Mueller case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort, the longtime political consultant who once led Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, asked a federal judge for leniency Monday as he faces the potential of spending the rest of his life in prison in criminal cases stemming from the Russia investigation. In a new court filing , Manafort’s attorneys described the... Read More

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Paul Manafort

February 25, 2019

A stern memo about Manafort says he ‘brazenly violated’ law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort committed crimes that cut to “the heart of the criminal justice system” and over the years deceived everyone from bookkeepers and banks to federal prosecutors and his own lawyers, according to a sentencing memo filed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. In the memo, submitted Saturday... Read More

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Paul Manafort

February 14, 2019

Judge finds Manafort lied to investigators in Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia probe, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s decision was another loss for Manafort, a once-wealthy political consultant who rose to lead Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and now faces... Read More

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Paul Manafort

January 25, 2019

Manafort due back in court over allegations he lied

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort will make his first court appearance in months on Friday as prosecutors and defense lawyers argue over whether the former Trump campaign chairman intentionally lied to investigators, including about sharing polling data with a business associate the U.S. says has ties to Russian intelligence. Attorneys with special counsel Robert Mueller’s... Read More

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Paul Manafort

January 9, 2019

Manafort accused of sharing 2016 election data with Russians

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared polling data during the 2016 presidential campaign with a business associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence, and prosecutors say he lied to them about it, according to a court filing . The allegation marks the first time prosecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller’s... Read More

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Paul Manafort

November 28, 2018

New developments put Manafort back in Russia probe spotlight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a new element of uncertainty into the Trump-Russia investigation. On Tuesday, a day after prosecutors accused Manafort of repeatedly lying... Read More

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Paul Manafort

October 19, 2018

Manafort back in court to hash out details of his sentencing

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is due back in a Virginia courtroom to decide whether he will be sentenced on fraud charges before or after he completes his cooperation with prosecutors. Manafort was convicted in federal court in Alexandria on tax- and bank-fraud charges largely unconnected to his work on... Read More

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Paul Manafort

Manafort’s NY fraud case tossed over double jeopardy concern

Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort hospitalized during prison term

Manafort set to be arraigned on mortgage fraud charges

Manafort faces state charges after drawing more federal time

Manafort returning to federal court for another sentencing

Manafort scheduled to learn sentence for tax and bank fraud

Manafort family business defends name as cousin sits in jail

Facing prison, Manafort asks for leniency in Mueller case

A stern memo about Manafort says he ‘brazenly violated’ law

Judge finds Manafort lied to investigators in Russia probe

Manafort due back in court over allegations he lied

Manafort accused of sharing 2016 election data with Russians

New developments put Manafort back in Russia probe spotlight

Manafort back in court to hash out details of his sentencing

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