Trump Pardons Manafort and Others of His Inner Circle
Outgoing President Donald Trump issued a pardon to former campaign manager-turned-convict Paul Manafort on Wednesday.
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Manafort Fraud
NEW YORK — A New York state appeals court affirmed the dismissal of Paul Manafort’s state mortgage fraud charges on
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NY Appeals Court Scrutinizes Bid to Revive Manafort Case
A New York appeals court appeared skeptical on Friday morning about reviving Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s fraud prosecution of Paul Manafort, whose similar federal charges led to claims of double jeopardy.
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Manafort Ties to Russia Posed ‘Grave Threat,’ Senate Concludes
The Senate Intelligence Committee wrapped up its long-running investigation of Russian meddling in U.S. elections on Tuesday with a sharp indictment of Paul Manafort, the now-convicted former chairman of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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Manafort Exits Covid-Free Prison to Serve Out Sentence in Virus-Strewn Virginia
Paul Manafort was released from prison Wednesday due to concerns over what exposure to the novel coronavirus behind bars could mean for the ailing former chairman of President Donald Trump’s election campaign.
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Lawyer Says Sickly Manafort Is Unusually Vulnerable to Covid-19
(CN) — Taking 11 different kinds of medication behind bars, with still three-quarters of his sentence to go, former Trump
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New York’s Fraud Case Against Manafort Thrown Out
A New York judge agreed Wednesday to dismiss a criminal indictment of the already incarcerated former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort.
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Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Hospitalized During Prison Term
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has been hospitalized while serving his federal prison sentence, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Read moreHouse Dems’ Lawyer Presses for Mueller Grand Jury Material
Calling for grand jury records in the special counsel’s investigation to be made public, a lawyer for House Democrats told the D.C. Circuit on Monday about mounting evidence that the president lied to Robert Mueller.
Read moreMueller Documents: Manafort Pushed Ukraine Hack Theory
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the special counsel’s Russia probe. The unsubstantiated theory, advanced by President Donald Trump even after he took office, would later help trigger the impeachment inquiry now consuming the White House.
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Attorney’s Foreign Lobbying Trial Reaches Closing Arguments
Federal prosecutors came out swinging in closing arguments during the criminal trial against Greg Craig Tuesday, urging the jury to find the high-profile Washington attorney guilty of lying to the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
Read moreGreg Craig Denies Pro-Ukraine Tilt of Tymoshenko Report
A high-profile Washington lawyer accused of working on a secret campaign to sway America’s perception of Ukraine when it was cozy with the Kremlin faced a grueling cross-examination Thursday over a report that cost him his job at Skadden Arps.
Read moreDenying That He Lobbied, Indicted DC Attorney Says Ukraine Meddled
A powerful Washington lawyer facing charges spun off from the Mueller probe testified in his own defense Wednesday, telling federal jurors that his work on behalf of Ukraine never crossed the line into foreign lobbying.
Read moreDefense Takes Over in Trial of DC Power Attorney With Manafort Ties
Attorneys for high-profile Washington – and Paul Manafort-tied – lawyer Greg Craig told a federal judge Tuesday that a close look at the federal statute requiring U.S. citizens to register as foreign agents for certain work done outside the United States reveals the ex-Skadden Arps lawyer had no obligation to tell the full truth to the Justice Department.
Read moreInvestigator Hints at Subterfuge by Manafort Ukraine Team Member
The top Justice Department official tasked with tracking foreign agents testified Monday that Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel who went on to work with Paul Manafort in Ukraine, failed to disclose contact with U.S. journalists – obstructing her ability to determine if he worked on behalf of the Ukrainian government.
Read moreManafort Ukraine Team Member’s Answer to Feds Dissected at Trial
In a full day of testimony by high-profile D.C. attorney Cliff Sloan, both sides in the criminal trial of Manafort-tied Greg Craig plowed through draft letters Sloan and Craig wrote responding to a 2013 Justice Department inquiry into their work for the Ukrainian government.
Read moreRick Gates Testifies in Trial of Manafort Ukraine Team Member
In a second round in the limelight of federal court, Rick Gates testified Thursday against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig in a criminal trial that touches two successive presidential administrations.
Read moreBilling Takes Center Stage at Trial of Manafort Ukraine Team Member
A federal judge shot down objections by attorneys for former White House counsel Greg Craig on Wednesday over the government’s use of the Skadden Arps IT director to present dozens of documents as evidence in Craig’s criminal trial.
Read moreTense Exchanges at Trial of Former Obama White House Counsel
Tempers flared Tuesday at the trial of Greg Craig as both parties questioned a government witness who testified that the former White House counsel was ingrained in operations to craft U.S. media coverage on Ukraine.
Read moreWitness Says Ex-Obama Counsel Reached Deal on Ukraine Work
Nearly seven years ago to the day, former White House counsel Greg Craig agreed in a meeting with future Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to communicate with journalists on behalf of the Ukrainian government, according to testimony Monday in Craig’s criminal trial.
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