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USA v. MANAFORT et al
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July 09, 2018
Mueller Aims To Block 2 Key Arguments From Manafort Trial
Special Counsel Robert Mueller asked a D.C. federal judge Monday to prevent Paul Manafort from arguing at trial that the case against him is politically motivated or that prosecutors had previously decided not to charge him, saying such arguments are irrelevant to the jury.
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July 05, 2018
Manafort Asks DC Circ. To Let Him Out Of Jail Before Trial
Paul Manafort on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to be released on bail ahead of his upcoming trials over alleged financial crimes and foreign lobbying charges, saying the lower court failed to consider the weight of the evidence against him when it ordered Manafort locked up.
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July 03, 2018
Manafort Seeks Juror Questions On Politics, Media Habits
Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is very interested in the political leanings and media diet of prospective jurors in his looming trial for financial crimes, a request for jury questions filed in Virginia federal court has shown.
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June 29, 2018
Manafort To Seek Change Of Venue In Fraud Case
Attorneys for Paul Manafort told a Virginia federal judge Friday that they intend to seek a change of venue for his rapidly approaching tax and bank fraud trial, saying government leaks and media coverage have poisoned public sentiment toward the former Trump campaign chairman.
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June 26, 2018
Manafort Can't Slip Va. Fraud Charges From Mueller Probe
A Virginia federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss tax and bank fraud charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, ruling that the special counsel's office was within its jurisdiction to indict him as part of its Russia investigation but simultaneously cautioning against excessively powerful special counsel.
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June 22, 2018
Manafort Can't Duck Money Laundering Charge
A D.C. federal judge on Friday refused to toss a money laundering charge against Paul Manafort, concluding that the Special Counsel's Office properly linked allegations of failing to register as a "foreign agent" with the financial transactions allegedly used to hide the millions of dollars the former Trump campaign chief made from that work.
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June 21, 2018
Manafort Can't Shield Seized Storage Files, Judge Rules
A Washington, D.C., federal judge has rejected Paul Manafort's bid to keep Special Counsel Robert Mueller from using evidence FBI agents seized from boxes and a filing cabinet in a Virginia storage unit, saying that agents' warrantless peek inside — and the warrant they subsequently got — were both lawful.
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June 15, 2018
Manafort Ordered To Jail For Witness Tampering
Paul J. Manafort will spend the remaining months before his trial on money laundering and conspiracy charges behind bars, a D.C. federal judge ruled Friday, after finding probable cause that the political operative who helped shepherd Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign attempted to tamper with witnesses while under supervised release.
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June 08, 2018
Mueller Hits Manafort, Russian With Obstruction, Conspiracy
Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday added obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges to the case against Paul Manafort, formally accusing him and a Russian associate of trying to influence potential witnesses in the case against the former Trump campaign chairman.
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June 05, 2018
Manafort Must Answer To Witness Tampering Claims By Friday
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday gave Paul Manafort until the end of the week to respond to allegations of witness tampering from Special Counsel Robert Mueller that could land the former Trump campaign chairman behind bars while he awaits trial on charges arising from the Russia investigation.