Guilty, guilty, 8 times over. Jailbirds of a feather, might be imprisoned together.
It is a big day in the world of court news.The verdicts are in. Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort thus far, is found guilty
on 8 counts of hiding foreign accounts & bank fraud. More might come.
The 69 year old man can face up to 80 years in prison, just from these verdicts.
And this is just from the first trial. There are more charges against him.
In response to:
On the fourth day of deliberations following a two week trial in Alexandria, Va., the jury notified judge T.S. Ellis shortly before 4:30 p.m. ET that it had reached a verdict on 8 of the 18 counts. Ellis then polled the jury on the likelihood of reaching a verdict on the remaining 10 counts against Manafort, and ruled a mistrial on the remaining counts.
Prosecutors now have until Aug. 29 to decide whether they will seek a retrial for the charges on which the jury deadlocked. Manafort will remain in custody and faces another trial on Sept. 17 in a Washington courtroom, where he will be tried on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
On the fourth day of deliberations following a two week trial in Alexandria, Va., the jury notified judge T.S. Ellis shortly before 4:30 p.m. ET that it had reached a verdict on 8 of the 18 counts. Ellis then polled the jury on the likelihood of reaching a verdict on the remaining 10 counts against Manafort, and ruled a mistrial on the remaining counts.
Prosecutors now have until Aug. 29 to decide whether they will seek a retrial for the charges on which the jury deadlocked. Manafort will remain in custody and faces another trial on Sept. 17 in a Washington courtroom, where he will be tried on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
In other news Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen has plead guilty on 2 charges involved with secret shell companies used to pay 2 adult entertainment actresses.
In response to: Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, plead guilty on Tuesday to charges of tax fraud, bank fraud, and campaign finance violation in a New York federal court.
He could face 3 to 5 years in jail as part of his plea deal and a substantial fine as part of his plea deal in the Southern District of New York, Fox News reported.
He could face 3 to 5 years in jail as part of his plea deal and a substantial fine as part of his plea deal in the Southern District of New York, Fox News reported.
Cohen, Trumps former "fixer" stated that he did these things upon direction of a presidential candidate.
Hmmm. I wonder which one.
