Today was sentencing day for Paul J. Manafort Jr., President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, who was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failing to file foreign bank account reports (FBAR) last August. After commenting that Manafort led an otherwise “blameless life,” U.S. District Judge…
The jury reached a partial verdict in USA v. Manafort today. Paul J. Manafort Jr., President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and one count of failing to file foreign bank account reports (FBAR). Initially, Manafort and his co-defendant, Rick Gates, had faced 12…
The defense rested in USA v. Manafort yesterday following 11 days of court proceedings. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was present but did not testify in his defense in the trial which arose as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Initially, Manafort faced…