WASHINGTON – In the run-up to Paul Manafort’s trial in Washington, his attorneys will ask a federal judge Wednesday to keep jurors from being told of his role as President Trump’s campaign chairman, and about potentially incriminating statements from one ...

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Prosecutors and attorneys for Paul Manafort are set to appear Tuesday morning in federal court in Washington to argue over whether evidence of his alleged past “bad acts” should be shown to jurors at his September trial. Special counsel Robert ...

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Paul Manafort’s multiyear tax fraud and Michael Cohen’s ability to easily arrange campaign contributions as hush money could have been intercepted sooner based on existing tax and campaign rules. But decisions by policymakers and lawmakers to defang regulation and defund ...

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The jury in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ended its first day of deliberations with a series of questions to the judge, including a request to “redefine” reasonable doubt. The questions ...

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort lied to keep himself flush with cash and later to maintain his luxurious lifestyle when his income dropped off, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday in closing arguments at the former Trump campaign chairman’s financial fraud trial. ...

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort’s protégé on Wednesday wrapped up his testimony after implicating the former Trump campaign chairman and himself in financial crimes and also enduring stinging attacks on his character and credibility. Rick Gates has been the government’s ...

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman spent more than a million dollars on business suits over five years, using foreign bank accounts to pay for cars, clothes and real estate in what federal prosecutors portrayed Wednesday as ...

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Paul Manafort, who served as President Trump’s campaign chairman from March to August of 2016, faces criminal charges in federal courts in Virginia and D.C. Here’s what to expect from his Virginia trial, which begins July 31. Q: What is ...

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The judge overseeing the fraud trial of Paul Manafort wants politics barred from the evidence prosecutors will put on display about President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. Tell that to the jurors. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III has already ...

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Pictures of Paul Manafort’s homes, cars, $21,000 watch, and high-end clothing may be displayed for jurors at his trial beginning in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court next week, according to a list of nearly 500 potential exhibits published by prosecutors Wednesday ...

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Paul Manafort’s upcoming trial on bank and fraud charges will continue in Alexandria, Virginia, despite his efforts to move the proceedings to Roanoke. The former Trump campaign chairman had argued that the jury pool in northern Virginia is too liberal ...

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WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, has ordered Paul Manafort to be moved to the city jail, although Manafort has asked to stay in a rural facility where prosecutors say he is receiving special treatment. Judge T.S. Ellis ...

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