Prosecutors will ask jurors Thursday to follow the money in the Paul Manafort trial, a trail they say shows that the former campaign chairman took millions from wealthy Ukrainian clients then hid it from banks and the IRS.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that Trump's broadsides are simply the president "fighting back."…
Aug 01

By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Special Agent Matthew Mikuska told jurors on Wednesday that the FBI knocked multiple times on the door of Manafort's condo before entering with a key after no one answered.
Aug 01

By Associated Press
President Donald Trump says his attorney general should put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Paul Manafort, the first defendant charged by special counsel Robert Mueller to go to trial, is accused of working as an unregistered lobbyist for several pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. William Brangham joins John Yang from the courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia,…
Jul 31

By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Former campaign chair Paul Manafort's trial began Tuesday in Virginia, the first trial to arise from Mueller's investigation into potential ties between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia.
As the Virginia trial for Trump's former campaign chair gets underway, here’s a look, in order of events, at what we know about his political consulting work with Ukraine and other foreign actors.
Jul 31

By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
A jury set to decide the fate of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was selected Tuesday, and opening statements in his tax evasion and bank fraud trial were expected in the afternoon…
Jul 31

By Associated Press
While the main areas of Mueller's investigation are Russia's actions during the 2016 presidential election and any attempts by Trump to obstruct justice, none of those topics are expected to come up in Manafort's trial.
Jul 30

By Geoffrey Lou Guray
Manafort is expected to appear Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., where federal prosecutors will begin presenting their case against him in the first trial to arise from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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