USA v. Manafort et al
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August 15, 2018
In Closing, Manafort Defense Says Gov't Is 'Desperate'
Attorneys for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort threw their final punches Wednesday in an effort to knock down the government's tax and bank fraud case against him in Virginia federal court, painting cooperating witness Rick Gates as a serial liar and slamming the prosecution as "desperate" during closing arguments.
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August 14, 2018
Manafort's Defense Rests Without Bringing Evidence
Attorneys for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort rested their case on Tuesday, declining to present evidence to rebut the government's allegations that the political consultant concealed overseas earnings from the U.S. government to avoid paying taxes and borrowed money using bogus financial documents.
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August 13, 2018
Banker Pushed $16M Manafort Loans Despite Risk, Jury Told
The CEO of Federal Savings Bank pushed through $16 million in bank loans to Paul Manafort despite concerns of too much risk to the bank posed by lending to the president's former campaign manager, a bank executive told a Virginia federal jury Monday.
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August 10, 2018
Roger Stone Aide Held In Contempt For Dodging Mueller
A former aide to Roger Stone, a Republican political operative and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, has been found in contempt by a D.C. federal judge for refusing to answer questions before a grand jury convened by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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August 09, 2018
In Manafort Trial: 5 Witnesses, 2 Banks And An Airbnb
Paul Manafort's Virginia federal jury trial focused Thursday on allegations that President Donald Trump's former campaign manager tricked banks into giving him millions in loans by hiding his debt on one property and the fact that he was renting out another property through Airbnb, as well as inflating his income with a sham loan from an entity he controlled.
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August 09, 2018
Manafort Judge Says His Dressing-Down Of Feds Was Wrong
The case against Paul Manafort focused Thursday on allegations that he tricked banks into more favorable loans, but it kicked off with a mea culpa from the Virginia federal judge admitting he may have made a mistake.
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August 08, 2018
Manafort Wouldn't Have Noticed Embezzled Cash, Gates Says
A prosecutor worked Wednesday to shore up cooperator Rick Gates' testimony against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in the face of attacks on Gates' credibility, in part by asserting to a Virginia federal jury that Manafort wouldn't have noticed that his business partner was skimming from their lobbying firm's revenue.
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August 07, 2018
In Manafort Trial: 'The Secret Life Of Rick Gates'
Paul Manafort's attorney hammered the "secret life" of his client's former business partner Tuesday by bringing up Rick Gates' marital and financial indiscretions in an attempt to undermine Gates' credibility in front of the Virginia federal jury hearing a bank and tax fraud case against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager.
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August 02, 2018
Manafort's Bookkeeper IDs Bogus Financial Statements
The former bookkeeper for Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified Thursday about the political consultant's financial reversals in the mid-2010s, culminating in an apparent attempt to use bogus documents to secure bank loans in 2016.
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August 01, 2018
Government Follows The Money In Manafort Trial
Multiple witnesses testified Wednesday to receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from offshore entities controlled by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for purchases of high-end clothing, luxury cars and home improvements as prosecutors sought to illustrate how Manafort used undeclared earnings from his work in Ukraine to fund his lavish lifestyle.