✅Prosecution filed motion asking for a chance to explain why evidence of Manafort’s lavish lifestyle is directly relevant to the crimes charged.
✅Prosecutor Greg Andres: “We have every intention to call [Gates] as a witness.”
washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/…
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✅J.Maxwell, COO of Big Picture Solutions, testified he was paid $2.2M in international wire transfers & that his client was Manafort, not Gates.
✅M. Regolizio testified he was paid $450K in wire transfers from accounts in Cyprus for landscaping. 2/5
✅Maxwell & Regolizo also separately testified that invoices allegedly from their respective companies were fake. Thus far, 4 witnesses have identified fraudulent invoices used by Manafort. 2 testified yesterday:
nytimes.com/reuters/2018/0…
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✅Preparing ledgers of Manafort’s financial activities for his tax returns.
✅Being unaware of Manafort’s foreign holdings.
✅Docs sent by Gates to banks inflated $400K income by $4M.
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✅On cross, Washkuhn agreed that Gates was Manafort’s “right hand man,” but added that Manafort, not Gates “approved every expenditure on the personal and business side.”
More on Washkuhn's testimony:
cnn.com/2018/08/02/pol…
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