Manafort was tried in the Eastern District of Virginia on eighteen charges including tax evasion, bank fraud, and hiding foreign bank accounts - financial crimes uncovered during the special counsel's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election.[23] The trial began on July 31, 2018 before U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis III.[218][219] On August 21, the jury found Manafort guilty on eight of the eighteen charges, while Ellis declared a mistrial on the other ten.[23] He was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, one of the four counts of failing to disclose his foreign bank accounts, and two counts of bank fraud.[220]
Manafort's trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was scheduled to begin in September 2018.[226] He was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, money laundering, failing to register as a foreign lobbyist, making false statements to investigators, and witness tampering.[227] On September 14, 2018, Manafort entered into a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to two charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States and witness tampering.[228] He also agreed to forfeit to the government more than $22 million in cash and property,[229] and to co-operate fully with the Special Counsel.[230] A tentative sentencing date for Manafort's guilty plea in the D.C. case has been set for March 2019.[231]
What a hero to the Trump followers.
The guy who admitted to bank fraud and witness tampering.
Manafort's trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was scheduled to begin in September 2018.[226] He was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, money laundering, failing to register as a foreign lobbyist, making false statements to investigators, and witness tampering.[227] On September 14, 2018, Manafort entered into a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to two charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States and witness tampering.[228] He also agreed to forfeit to the government more than $22 million in cash and property,[229] and to co-operate fully with the Special Counsel.[230] A tentative sentencing date for Manafort's guilty plea in the D.C. case has been set for March 2019.[231]
What a hero to the Trump followers.
The guy who admitted to bank fraud and witness tampering.