Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counsel

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate with the special counsel’s Trump-Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal crimes and avoided a second trial that could have exposed him to more time in prison. The deal gives special counsel Robert Mueller a key cooperator who steered... Read More

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Paul Manafort

September 14, 2018

Manafort hearing set Friday; plea deal reportedly possible

WASHINGTON (AP) — A court hearing was scheduled Friday for Paul Manafort amid reports that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman was nearing a plea deal to avoid trial on charges stemming from work he did for pro-Russia political forces in Ukraine. Several media outlets reported that Manafort is close to a plea deal with... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 24, 2018

Manafort juror says 1 holdout prevented 18-count conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — A juror in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts. Jurors repeatedly tried to persuade the holdout to “look at the paper trail” but she insisted there was reasonable doubt, juror Paula Duncan told Fox News.... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 22, 2018

Paul Manafort guilty on 8 charges

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign, was found guilty of eight financial crimes in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president’s associates. A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday on 10 other counts the jury could not agree... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 20, 2018

Manafort judge says he fears for jurors’ safety

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial saiys he has received threats and he fears for the “peace and safety” of the jurors deciding the fate of the former Trump campaign chairman. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed his concerns Friday when explaining why he doesn’t intend to make... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 20, 2018

Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — As jurors weigh Paul Manafort’s fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation’s capital — and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge volume of evidence. The trial now underway in Alexandria, Virginia, is... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 17, 2018

Manafort jury ends first day of deliberations with questions

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The jury in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ended its first day of deliberations with a series of questions to the judge, including a request to “redefine” reasonable doubt. The questions came after roughly seven hours of deliberation, delivered in a handwritten note to U.S. District... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 16, 2018

Jury to begin deliberating in Manafort financial fraud trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort lied to keep himself flush with cash for his luxurious lifestyle and lied some more to procure millions in bank loans when his income dropped off, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday in closing arguments at the former Trump campaign chairman’s financial fraud trial. Jurors will begin deliberations Thursday. In his... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 15, 2018

Manafort jury to hear closing arguments in his fraud trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Closing arguments were expected Wednesday in the trial of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman accused of tax evasion and bank fraud. Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses. Manafort himself chose not to testify. It’s the first trial to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 14, 2018

Manafort chooses not to testify as defense rests its case

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify. The decision not to call witnesses clears the way for the jury to hear closing arguments in the first trial to emerge... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 14, 2018

Manafort trial turns from prosecution’s case to his defense

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their tax evasion and bank fraud case in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, closing two weeks of testimony that depicted him as using millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts to fund a luxurious lifestyle — and later obtaining millions more in bank loans under... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 10, 2018

Prosecutors to rest case at Manafort financial fraud trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are expected to rest their case Friday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, after days of occasionally dramatic testimony in Manafort’s bank fraud and tax evasion trial and some testy exchanges with the trial judge. Prosecuting attorneys for special counsel Robert Mueller got a rare, and narrow, acknowledgment from... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 9, 2018

Gates, star witness against Manafort, concludes testimony

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort’s protégé wrapped up his testimony Wednesday after implicating the former Trump campaign chairman and himself in financial crimes while also enduring stinging attacks on his character and credibility. Rick Gates has been the government’s star witness in Manafort’s financial fraud trial, testifying how, at the behest of his longtime... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 9, 2018

Prosecutors present more evidence of fraud in Manafort case

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort’s protégé wrapped up his testimony after implicating the former Trump campaign chairman and himself in financial crimes while also enduring stinging attacks on his character and credibility. Once Rick Gates finished testifying, prosecutors resumed trying to make their case through documentary evidence to demonstrate Manafort’s control of offshore bank... Read More

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Paul Manafort

Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counsel

Manafort hearing set Friday; plea deal reportedly possible

Manafort juror says 1 holdout prevented 18-count conviction

Paul Manafort guilty on 8 charges

Manafort judge says he fears for jurors’ safety

Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

Manafort jury ends first day of deliberations with questions

Jury to begin deliberating in Manafort financial fraud trial

Manafort jury to hear closing arguments in his fraud trial

Manafort chooses not to testify as defense rests its case

Manafort trial turns from prosecution’s case to his defense

Prosecutors to rest case at Manafort financial fraud trial

Gates, star witness against Manafort, concludes testimony

Prosecutors present more evidence of fraud in Manafort case

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