Jury Enters Day 2 of Deliberations for Paul Manafort Fraud Trial
Heading into a second day of deliberations Friday, Paul Manafort’s jury is learning quickly that the presiding judge has few indulgences for them.
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Manafort Money ‘Littered With Lies,’ Feds Tell Jury
As the bank and tax-fraud trial of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort heads to closing arguments Wednesday, prosecutors and the defense will each have roughly two hours to sum up their cases.
Read moreManafort Defense Rests, Setting Up Closing Arguments
A federal judge rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s motion for acquittal of bank and tax fraud charges moments before his defense team rested without calling any witnesses, setting the stage for closing arguments Tuesday afternoon.
Read moreMueller Team Rests in Manafort Fraud Trial
Prosecutors wrapped up their case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Monday afternoon, as the judge told jurors they cannot find Manafort guilty for omissions made by his company because the indictment only names him individually.
Read moreBanker With Immunity Takes Stand Against Manafort
The first federal trial of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort heads into Day 10 of witness testimony on Monday. Though originally expected to last three weeks, closing arguments are said to be imminent.
Read moreBanker Takes Witness Stand As Manafort Trial Resumes
A Chicago bank approved former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort for a loan just one day after the bank’s chief told Manafort he was interested in serving for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, a bank executive testified Friday after the trial was put on hold for several hours.
Read moreManafort Prosecutors to Come Full Circle on Spending Habits
On track to rest its case Friday against Manafort, the government has three witnesses left to call. Testimony from one employee of the New York Yankees could return the spotlight to Manafort’s spending habits.
Read moreProsecution in Manafort Trial Aims to Rest Friday
With just four witnesses left to take the stand, prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Thursday they expect to rest their fraud case against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort this week.
Read moreManafort Judge Apologizes for Outburst at Prosecution
The eighth day of Paul Manafort’s bank and tax-fraud trial kicked off Thursday with the presiding judge apologizing for having lashed out at prosecutors a day earlier.
Read moreAirbnb Exec Details Manafort’s Haul With SoHo Condo
In the same month that Paul Manafort was seeking a mortgage on his Manhattan apartment, the condominium’s Airbnb rental listing was deactivated, a witness from the travel website confirmed Thursday on the witness stand.
Read moreFBI Accountant Maps Paper Trail in Manafort Case
In a bid to unravel hours of elaborate testimony about Paul Manafort’s financial records Wednesday afternoon, defense attorneys zeroed in on one detail they painted as particularly curious – the former Trump campaign chair’s signature on various tax and loan forms.
Read moreManafort Defense Closes Gates Cross With ‘Truth’
Recalling his chat with Paul Manafort after they both were called in by the FBI, Rick Gates testified Wednesday that the former Trump campaign chair claimed to have told the investigator the truth.
Read moreGates Steers Manafort Trial Into Trump Terrain
President Donald Trump’s name has been mostly absent from the trial of Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman, but that changed on Tuesday.
Read moreGates Recounts Ups & Downs of Manafort Finances
Returning to the stand to testify against Paul Manafort, Rick Gates walked the jury Tuesday morning through the money problems that threatened the lavish lifestyle to which his erstwhile employer had become accustomed.
Read moreMueller Team Asks for Argument Limits in Upcoming Manafort Trial
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team asked a federal judge Monday to bar Paul Manafort from using a lack of IRS enforcement actions against him in his defense during his criminal trial in D.C. this September.
Read moreStar Witness for Mueller Takes the Stand at Manafort Trial
Rick Gates, considered the government’s star witness in the prosecution of Paul Manafort, began testifying Monday afternoon against the former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump.
Read moreManafort Accountant Admits Filing False Tax Returns
Accountant Cindy Laporta, the first witness granted immunity from prosecution to testify at the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, admitted Friday that she filed tax returns she knew contained false information supplied to her by Manafort and his former business associate, Rick Gates.
Read moreAccountant: Manafort Hid Offshore Financial Moves From Me
Philip Ayliff, a tax preparer for Paul Manafort, testified Friday that he and his firm received multiple emails from the former Trump campaign chairman and his business associate, Rick Gates, assuring them they had no foreign bank accounts.
Read moreProsecutors Seek Use of More Visual Aids at Manafort Trial
Prosecutors at Paul Manafort’s bank and tax fraud trial began their Friday by again asking U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III to allow them to use more visual aids, including charts prepared by the FBI to explain Manafort’s wire transfers, in the courtroom.
Read moreManafort in Serious Financial Trouble in 2016, Bookkeeper Says
Paul Manafort found himself in serious financial trouble in 2016 after his long-time patrons in Ukraine were driven from power, federal prosecutors said Thursday, the third day of the former Trump campaign chairman’s trial on fraud and conspiracy charges.
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