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Manafort’s fraud case in New York was dismissed, blocking local prosecutors’ effort to undercut potential Trump pardon

NEW YORK – A state court judge in Mahattan dismissed Paul Manafort’s residential mortgage fraud case Wednesday, deciding the local charges against President Trump’s former campaign chairman amounted to a double-jeopardy violation. Manafort, 70, who was previously convicted in a ...

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Prosecutors say New York Manafort case isn’t double jeopardy

NEW YORK (AP) — State prosecutors in New York City asked a judge Wednesday to reject claims by the defense team for twice-convicted Paul Manafort that their mortgage fraud case is double jeopardy. In court papers filed in Manhattan, the ...

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Double jeopardy fight looms after Manafort pleads not guilty

NEW YORK (AP) — A frail Paul Manafort shuffled into court Thursday in handcuffs and prison garb and pleaded not guilty to New York state mortgage fraud charges that could keep him behind bars even if President Donald Trump pardons ...

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Manafort set to be arraigned on mortgage fraud charges

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s imprisoned former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, is set to be arraigned in New York City Thursday on state mortgage fraud charges seen as a ploy to keep him locked up if he is ...

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Manafort sentence prompts debate over judicial system’s ‘blatant inequities’

The sentencing of Paul Manafort, former chairman of President Trump’s campaign, was highly anticipated, capping a significant chapter in Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation. But it was an unlikely candidate to become the latest example of a conflict that has ...

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Manafort sentenced to nearly four years in prison

Paul Manafort, who once served as President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Thursday for cheating on his taxes and bank fraud – a far lesser sentence than the roughly 20 years he had ...

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Special counsel disputes Manafort’s claims about prosecution

WASHINGTON – Prosecutors working on the special counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election disputed Tuesday that Paul Manafort was charged with fraud only because of his relationship with the president. The former Trump campaign chairman, who is ...

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