Paul Manafort, former campaign manager of President Trump, was found guilty Tuesday on eight of the 10 counts brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Manafort was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud charges, one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts, and two counts of bank fraud.
In total, the guilty counts could carry a lengthy prison sentence for Manafort, who is 69 years old.
Ellis then polled the jury on the likelihood of their reaching a verdict on the remaining 10 counts against Manafort, and ruled a mistrial on the remaining counts.
The guilty verdict comes as another blow to President Trump, whose former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty earlier in the day to multiple charges, including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush-money payments to two of Trump's alleged mistresses.
Although the president often decries the Mueller investigation into Russian election meddling as a "WITCH HUNT," it has so far yielded five guilty pleas in addition to the Manafort verdict.
Alex van der Zwaan, a lawyer who worked with Manafort and former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates, pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in February.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-manafort-guilty-8-charges-mistrial-declared-remaining-10-205452870.html
Manafort was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud charges, one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts, and two counts of bank fraud.
In total, the guilty counts could carry a lengthy prison sentence for Manafort, who is 69 years old.
Ellis then polled the jury on the likelihood of their reaching a verdict on the remaining 10 counts against Manafort, and ruled a mistrial on the remaining counts.
The guilty verdict comes as another blow to President Trump, whose former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty earlier in the day to multiple charges, including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush-money payments to two of Trump's alleged mistresses.
Although the president often decries the Mueller investigation into Russian election meddling as a "WITCH HUNT," it has so far yielded five guilty pleas in addition to the Manafort verdict.
Alex van der Zwaan, a lawyer who worked with Manafort and former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates, pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in February.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-manafort-guilty-8-charges-mistrial-declared-remaining-10-205452870.html
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