How lawyers summed up the Paul Manafort trial in closing arguments

Politics

The trial against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was filled with detailed accounting records and a star witness whose credibility is in question. Prosecutors argue documents prove that Manafort willfully committed bank and tax fraud. The defense never called a witness, claiming the evidence points to clerical mistakes. William Brangham joins Amna Nawaz to break it down.

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