Cross-examination focuses on Manafort protege’s own crimes

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The questioning of Paul Manafort’s protege was confrontational and personal: Manafort’s lawyer hammered Rick Gates about his own crimes, an extramarital affair and a guilty plea with prosecutors that may spare him severe punishment. Gates, who faced a bruising cross-examination, returns to the witness stand Wednesday for additional questioning from a... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 7, 2018

Star witness Gates to detail Manafort’s finances

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — One day after coming face-to-face in federal court with his longtime boss, Rick Gates returns to the witness stand as the government’s star witness in the financial fraud trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. Gates, in hours of hugely anticipated testimony, calmly acknowledged having embezzled hundreds of thousands of... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 6, 2018

Manafort’s ‘right-hand man’ to testify in fraud trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The most critical moment in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will likely arrive this week with the testimony of his “right-hand man” — the person defense attorneys blame for any crimes. Rick Gates, who also served in a senior role in President Donald Trump’s campaign,... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 3, 2018

Bookkeeper: Manafort didn’t disclose foreign accounts to her

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort inflated his business income by millions of dollars and kept his bookkeeper in the dark about the foreign bank accounts he was using to buy luxury items and pay personal expenses, according to testimony during his trial Thursday. But he otherwise approved “every penny” of the personal bills bookkeeper... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 2, 2018

Witnesses: Manafort himself directed millions of dollars

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort personally directed millions of dollars in international wire transfers to pay for high-end suits and more than $3 million in improvements at his various houses, witnesses testified on the second day of his financial fraud trial. The testimony Wednesday was aimed at bolstering the prosecution’s... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 1, 2018

Manafort accused of amassing ‘secret income’ as trial opens

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Paul Manafort orchestrated a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to evade U.S. tax and banking laws, leaving behind a trail of lies as he lived a lavish lifestyle, prosecutors said as they laid out their case against the former Trump campaign chairman. Prosecutor Uzo Asonye told the jury during his opening statement Tuesday that... Read More

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Paul Manafort

July 31, 2018

Trial set to begin for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two questions loom large as Paul Manafort prepares to walk into a federal courtroom Tuesday: Will Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman spend what effectively could be the rest of his life in prison? Or will special counsel Robert Mueller be handed a defeat in his team’s first trial since his appointment more... Read More

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Paul Manafort

July 30, 2018

What does Mueller have? Manafort trial offers glimpse

WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant’s pocket. What’s likely to be missing: answers about whether the Trump campaign coordinated with... Read More

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Paul Manafort, Robert Mueller

June 27, 2018

Judge in Virginia lets case against Manafort move forward

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to throw out charges in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, clearing the way for a much-anticipated trial to start as scheduled next month. The decision Tuesday by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III was a... Read More

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Paul Manafort

June 11, 2018

Manafort faces new charges in Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought new obstruction charges against President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment was unsealed Friday against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik just days after prosecutors accused the two men of attempting to tamper with... Read More

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Konstantin Kilimnik, Paul Manafort

June 5, 2018

Manafort accused of several tries to tamper with witnesses

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort made several attempts to tamper with witnesses in his ongoing criminal case, prosecutors said as they asked a federal judge to consider jailing him while he awaits trial. In a court filing Monday, prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller wrote that Manafort and one of... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 8, 2018

Former Trump campaign chief faces arraignment in Virginia

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman is scheduled for arraignment in a northern Virginia courthouse on charges including tax evasion and bank fraud. The grand jury indictment in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, accuses Paul Manafort of hiding from the Internal Revenue Service tens of millions of dollars he earned... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 1, 2018

Ex-Trump campaign chief rebuked by judge for public comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman was reprimanded by a federal judge Wednesday for speaking publicly in violation of her gag order in his criminal case. The rebuke of Paul Manafort came as he pleaded not guilty to the latest charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigators. Manafort appeared at... Read More

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Paul Manafort

Cross-examination focuses on Manafort protege’s own crimes

Star witness Gates to detail Manafort’s finances

Manafort’s ‘right-hand man’ to testify in fraud trial

Bookkeeper: Manafort didn’t disclose foreign accounts to her

Witnesses: Manafort himself directed millions of dollars

Manafort accused of amassing ‘secret income’ as trial opens

Trial set to begin for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

What does Mueller have? Manafort trial offers glimpse

Judge in Virginia lets case against Manafort move forward

Manafort faces new charges in Russia probe

Manafort accused of several tries to tamper with witnesses

Former Trump campaign chief faces arraignment in Virginia

Ex-Trump campaign chief rebuked by judge for public comments

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